Sunday, February 24, 2013

I can’t stop my cyber loafing - Lucy Kellaway in the FT

We need the equivalent of the stocks to persuade people to get off the net and get on with their work 

Until a couple of years ago I thought skiving was a non-problem. The answer, I thought, was to fire extreme slackers and give the rest of us more work to do. But I don’t think that any more. I cyber loaf even when I’m extremely busy, which means I often work at weekends to catch up. I find the temptation to waste time online is so great that it swamps everything else. It feeds almost every need I have. It’s a drug, and I can’t help myself.

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