Want to surf at work? Show this to your boss.

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http://news.com.com/2100-1017-983305.html


Study: Office surfers aren't slackers

By Lisa M. Bowman
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 4, 2003, 11:51 AM PT


Maybe companies shouldn't be so quick to pull the plug on personal Web surfing at work.
A new study finds that employees may waste time surfing on the job, but they tend to make up for it by working from home in their off hours.

The National Technology Readiness Survey, conducted by the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, along with marketing company Rockbridge Associates, surveyed 501 people in December 2002. The survey found that people with Web access at home and at work spend an average of 3.7 hours per week surfing sites for personal use at work. But they spend more time, 5.9 hours per week, logging on from home so they can work.

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Justification for surfing at work? Hell, why not? If the company profits by a few hours more spent working than surfing, I don't see why they should complain.

 

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But do they log on from home to finish work they could've finished if they'd been working instead of playing?

I understand the fact that as for strict numbers the employee technically works more hours per work doing this but...?

I sometimes get criticized at work for taking what others consider too long to finish my interview notes etc but when I'm done with my appointments I finish everything so I don't have to go back and do it later. My co-workers often leave things half-done, stay a few minutes later in the day to finish up or complain about working from home. I'd rather take the extra 10 minutes and have everything finished while it's fresh in my mind and then move on to the next thing.