Monday, April 06, 2009

So. You're reading this at work


It's helping you!!!

“People who do surf the Internet for fun at work - within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total time in the office - are more productive by about 9% than those who don’t."

“Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos on YouTube, using social networking sites like Facebook or shopping online under the pretense that it costs millions in lost productivity, however that’s not always the case.”


So finds Dr Brent Coker from the University of Melbourne.