“Working” 9 to 5
It’s hard to ignore the fact that the US economy is struggling in a way many have never seen before. While unemployment rates have gone up, those who do have jobs end up wasting about 2 hours during their 8 hour work day. That’s right- a staggering one-fourth of your employees’ “work” day is squandered away by such activities as surfing the net, chatting it up with co-workers, making personal calls, and conducting personal business.
The truly worrisome part is that when one worker is distracted, usually several co-workers follow suit. You may think there’s nothing you can do but mourn the loss. Fortunately for your company and your bottom line, that is simply not true. You may not be able to keep your employees on-task 100% of the time, but you can minimize their distraction level tremendously by installing a sound masking sytem. With the aid of sound-masking, your employees do not have to get sucked into the wasteful abyss of distraction 120 minutes a day. Rather, they will be able to concentrate on their work more fully, thus wasting less of their and your valuable time.
In a suffering economy and unarguably tough times, isn’t it worth a small investment for big dividends?
Malachowski, Dan. Wasting Time at Work Costing Companies Billions. Retrieved August 10, 2009, from http://www.davidsonstaffing.com/articles/salary/wasted-time/.