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« on: May 21, 2007, 09:15:58 am » |
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We all see people, talk to much on the phone, surf the web, take to many breaks. come in late, take long lunches, leave early. If you look around you (of course not you!) What do you think is the biggest abuse of time?
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gee4
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2007, 10:22:49 am » |
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I don't feel we all do this.
I only surf the web when looking for info, if I am in between tasks or when I have some free time.
I never make personal calls in work.
I take on average 45 mins to an hour for my lunch.
I never come in late and I never leave early.
If people are abusing their time then they only have themselves to blame.
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diamondlady
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 02:09:42 pm » |
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For us, it's the coming in late and leaving early. Not really enforced either. Also the personal phone calls too. I see alot of that happening. I understand if you have kiddos and they need to check in with you, but not the amount of times in a day that I've seen. Diamondlady Peer Moderator  |
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countrigal
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2007, 06:07:05 pm » |
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As timekeeper, I see a lot more than folks realise... and with no real authority to do anything about it. What I see? Folks coming in late, leaving early, taking extended lunches or leaving for an extended "break" during the day -- and never once taking the required leave in association with these events. This, of course, is followed closely by the number of personal phone calls (or simply the length of one or 2) that everyone receives. And the company doesn't know of these because they are normally made on cell phones, which can't be tracked by the company. With my new coach (think team leader), I'm not sure if he want's me pointing out the time indiscretions, as I don't want to be seen as the "keeper" of everyone, but as I walk by a lot of folks' desks to get to mine, it fairly obvious when you're not here by the time I am (which is almost the latest we can come in!) and you leave before me. This is really a sticky issue for me, as I'm posting their time saying that it's accurate, but it might not be and I may be aware of this... so what do I do??? Just gotta get a chance to talk to coachie and see what he wants me to do.  CountriGal
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spitfire78
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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2007, 07:05:19 pm » |
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In my company, I think it's personal phone calls first and foremost. It amazes me the amount of time people spend on personal phone calls. Sometimes it is people with kids (one woman I worked with took at least 8 or 9 phone calls from her 3 kids every day on her cell phone and these were all teenagers). And sometimes it is just personal business being conducted during the day at work (setting up appointments, etc.). Why do people think they have the right to do that on business time? I understand sometimes there are things that just have to be done during the day and you don't have any option. But then you should keep it as brief as possible. A lot of people seem to think they are being paid by make phone calls and arrange their personal life!!!
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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2007, 07:34:31 am » |
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For me the biggest time bandit is people popping by to have a chat, I've even taken to keeping my door closed in the day now to prevent it!.
We have one PA who was dreadful at wasting time, coming in late, long lunches, spending a lot of her time on her mobile phone, so the assistant and I are pretty on the mark now as we know it winds each other up. (PA has been off sick for a long time).
My boss doesn't waste a lot of my time either, he has a healthy attitude that his time is no more important than mine, so will often do quick things himself, unlike the other boss, who has to have everything done for him including the PAs dialling phone numbers for him!
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laurafmcdermott
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2007, 04:29:52 pm » |
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Personal emails here--I see lots of people filling out those "friends surveys". Also exempt employees are not required to use paid time or to make up time they miss, so I see some in particular taking off time for appointments and whatnot without regard.
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raindance
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2007, 04:50:56 pm » |
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At the moment, I think that the biggest time bandits at my workplace are surfing the net (maybe even stopping by DD!!!!  ) and personal calls. Strictly speaking, these time wasting activities, such as net surfing and coming in late etc, are stealing. Employers have a right to expect workers to devote their attention to their work during working hours, in return for which employees receive a salary. Put another way - how would those who waste time appreciate their salaries being reduced in keeping with the time they have wasted? That said, my company is fairly relaxed about certain things. We are quite a small company and expect people to behave in a grown up and self-disciplined manner. It generally works well, and in the years I have been here we have had negligible abuse of company time. We have written policies, including computer and telephone use, which state that our company recognizes we may need to use the computer or telephone for personal matters. This is not encouraged, but it is not frowned on if the use is reasonable. I can think of a few colleagues who, in the past year, have simply had to make personal calls during work time (either on mobile or company phones) because they had sick and/or dying relatives. |
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ozbound
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2007, 07:49:14 pm » |
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It sounds like your boss has a well-balanced attitude. It is much the same around here. (At times, our business is so fast-paced, you couldn't waste time if you wanted to, not without serious consequences!) Of course we have written policies and are expected not to be surfing the web or spending inordinate amounts of time on personal calls. We also have a hefty firewall--any web site flagged as "personal e-mail," such as Yahoo for example, is blocked.
As for phone calls, I look at it this way: We do not want to tie up the phone lines because customers could be calling in and that is the #1 priority. However, is it more of a waste of time to have an employee make a dr. appointment, check in on a sick relative, etc. during work hours or to have her sit and worry about not being able to do those things, which would affect her performance?
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susans
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2007, 09:14:43 pm » |
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!!! DeskDemon is a work tool! It has resources and tools to help get your work done faster and has articles and features to keep you trained and informed! So in reality are you goofing off when visiting DeskDemon? Not at all! Or that is my view of it, but I am bias :-).
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the internet - and I admit I'm bad about surfing, although work comes first. Our office has the opinion as long as your work is done what you do in "break time" is okay. I do spend time reading a lot of articles on the net, keeping current in the industries, which I don't feel is stealing time.
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I work in a cubicle environment and the biggest issue I see are people visiting other people's cubes. The stop-by visitor is very big. For me, it's more of Internet surfing when I think of something I wanted to look up or was curious about. Sometimes I'll email my home email to look it up later that night, but a lot of times I can't wait!
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