Facebook Plummets Productivity in the Workplace
A recent independent study conducted by Nucleus Research reports approximately 1.5% of enterprise productivity is lost due to employees accessing Facebook in the workplace. The study shows that 77% of company employees have a Facebook account and nearly half of all workers access Facebook on company time.
One in 33 employees say they only access Facebook from the office and some employees admit to using Facebook for several hours per work day.
“If your profitability is say two percent, this could be the difference between staying open or closing shop,” says Rebecca Wettemann, vice president of research for Nucleus Research.
I am curious to know if they asked employees what else they would be doing to kill time in the absence of Facebook. Rubberband ball anyone?
Excuse me while I update my Facebook status.
Source: Nucleus Research
