What’s the biggest waste of your time?
Social media trap. Whilst you’ve every right to expect your employees to focus fully on their jobs and duties during working hours, many do waste time at work. Research by Fleximize has found that the biggest working time distraction is WhatsApp. Apparently, 72% of employees regularly use it to chat to friends and family when they should be working. The next biggest time wasters are Facebook, which distracts 70% of employees during working hours, Instagram (49%) Twitter (41%) and Snapchat (30%).
Tip. To minimise this problem, have a clear telephone policy that prohibits the accessing of smartphone apps during working hours as well as lengthy calls, casual chats, text messaging, e-mailing, web browsing and using social media sites (see The next step ). If you notice that an employee is spending a lot of time on their smartphone, there’s nothing to stop you from checking their status on Whatsapp - it’s public information. Depending on their and your settings, this may reveal the time that they were “last seen” or if they are currently “online”.
For a free telephone policy, visit http://tipsandadvice-personnel.co.uk/download (PS 19.15.08).
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