According to a survey released today by Salary.com and AOL, American workers “waste” over two hours a day through Internet use, socializing, making phone calls, and running errands, among other (fun and sometimes necessary) activities.
Not really surprising, of course, but I loved this tidbit:
But when it comes to gender, there was no difference. Men and women reported wasting an equal amount of time. That contradicts what many human resource managers assume. In a separate survey of HR managers conducted by Salary.com, most said they assumed women wasted more time.
Nice to know that in addition to getting the shaft on salary, women also have to deal with higher-ups thinking they’re worse workers. Perhaps one has to do with the other?
Thanks to Caitlin for the link.
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I waste WAY more than two hours! Seriously though, it's because I need to find a better job.
(Anyone looking for a copy editor?)
First of all, the fact that managers just assume without reason that women waste more time than men should be dismissed as a baseless claim.
But even if that is true for some reason, perhaps part of it could be that women are relegated to crappier (read: more administrative) jobs, are bored out to tears, and take more time to distract themselves in order to keep from going bloody insane. This would make perfect sense from a psychological standpoint for extraordinarily bright women who are massively over-qualified for their jobs.
Not that I'm drawing from personal experience or anything...