The people at one training company call it "recession rumination" when employees get fixated on real or potential job and financial troubles – and it’s on the rise.
That’s according to the annual slacking-on-the-job report -- http://www.leadershipiq.com/recession.html -- from Washington, D.C.-based Leadership IQ, which conducted the research last month, as well as in February 2007.
According to the more than 6400 respondents, the top office time wasters this time last year were surfing the net for shopping and entertainment. But it would seem that the fun times are over, as this year’s main time wasters are surfing for career and personal finance resources.
So, just how much time do people admit wasting these days? That would be an average of 2.3 hours out of a 9.2 hour workday, up 44 percent from the year before.
-- Patricia Kitchen