Social Networking Steals $2.25 Billion From UK
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A recent survey came of the UK and has estimated that the use of social networking sites by office workers during office hours is costing over $2,250,000,000 a year in England alone. 1,460 office workers who work for Morse, an IT services and technology company, were surveyed and found out that over half used social networking sites for personal use during the working day. Those that admitted to using those sites during the work day, also confessed that they spent an average of 40-50 minutes a week surfing the web during work time.
If you break it down and said that one worker took 9-10 minutes everyday to check social networking sites while on the clock, by the end of the year, they would accumulated more or less than about a free week of paid vacation. (more…)