We’re all guilty of having days where we just can’t be bothered with work, or where we have a big task we just don’t want to tackle. We find other jobs to do first, ways to fill the time until we can leave our desks and head home. But just how much time do we spend procrastinating at work?
According to a survey by Rebootonline.com, office workers spend an average of two hours and two minutes procrastinating each day, which equates to 27 per cent of the time we’re employed for.
Browsing social media is one of the most time-consuming non-work things we do during our working day (37 minutes a day), while making coffee takes up around 15 minutes every day.
We also spend an average of 25 minutes each day chatting to colleagues about non-work related topics. When you’re looking for office space in Liverpool, you might want to think about whether an open-plan office is necessarily the best option, to give people time and space to escape the chatter.
According to a report in Bisnow recently, employees at Apple have been pushing back against an office move that would see them in an open-plan office environment.
Staff have apparently been critical of the open cubicles, worktables and bench seating that the tech giant has installed in its new headquarters, with some teams reportedly refusing to move to the new building.
However, while bosses might be concerned about the amount of time staff spend doing non-work related activities, it’s important to ensure your employees have downtime too.
Shai, MD at Rebootonline.com, commented: “It’s important to avoid any knee-jerk reactions and understand that some “off time” could have an overall beneficial effect on productivity in the workplace.”