{"id":1091,"date":"2007-07-25T15:56:32","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T20:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/recess-for-adults\/"},"modified":"2007-07-25T15:56:33","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T20:56:33","slug":"recess-for-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/recess-for-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Recess For Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,290729,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Salary.com released its annual poll<\/a> regarding time wasted by employees.&nbsp; It appears that after 3 years of polling, 1.7 to 2.0 hours seems to be the steady average for an 8.5 hour day.&nbsp; The poll seems somewhat silly to me, but I did enjoy these closing graphs:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Companies should <strong>look on wasted time as comparable to a recess for adults<\/strong>, which can make them more productive in the long run, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u20ac\u0153There is always room for wasting time during the day,\u20ac\u009d he said. \u20ac\u0153At some point, you have to step off the treadmill and recharge the batteries. \u20ac\u00a6 Not all wasted time is a net loss.\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salary.com released its annual poll regarding time wasted by employees.&nbsp; It appears that after 3 years of polling, 1.7 to 2.0 hours seems to be the steady average for an 8.5 hour day.&nbsp; The poll seems somewhat silly to me, but I did enjoy these closing graphs: Companies should look on wasted time as comparable to a recess for adults, which can make them more productive in the long run, he said. \u20ac\u0153There is always room for wasting time during the day,\u20ac\u009d he said. \u20ac\u0153At some point, you have to step off the treadmill and recharge the batteries. \u20ac\u00a6 Not all wasted time is a net loss.\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-management","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-hB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/average-work-time-wasted-by-state\/","url_meta":{"origin":1091,"position":0},"title":"Average Work Time Wasted by State","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Not kidding. 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Fully 92 percent of adults think supermarkets generally do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Trends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":191,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/biggest-employee-time-wasters\/","url_meta":{"origin":1091,"position":2},"title":"Biggest Employee Time Wasters","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Salary.com has a great article called Wasted Time At Work Still Costing Companies Billions in 2006. 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