{"id":851,"date":"2011-04-27T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T18:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m2sys.com\/blog\/?p=851"},"modified":"2022-11-16T03:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T08:43:51","slug":"infographic-how-do-employees-steal-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m2sys.com\/blog\/workforce-management\/infographic-how-do-employees-steal-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: How Do Employees Steal Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Employee-Time-Theft\"
\u201c\u00a0Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.\u201d –John Randoph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Time theft.\u00a0 Widely considered the Achilles heel of employee productivity and profit maximization, it siphons billions of dollars a year from businesses all throughout the U.S.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s checking a Facebook account, playing games like Sudoku during working hours, taking a longer than normal lunch break or fudging time sheets, time theft is a grave problem and difficult to remedy.\u00a0 One of the most interesting revelations about time theft we discovered is that three out of four employees are guilty and most do it on a regular basis unchecked.\u00a0 Moreover, our business culture is ingrained with the notion that a few minutes to check our personal e-mails or talking with a friend on our cell phones doesn\u2019t do much harm.<\/p>\n

Au contraire mon ami.\u00a0 That extra 15 minutes spent at lunch can equate to an extra day of vacation every month.\u00a0 Chitchatting with a co-worker about last night\u2019s episode of American Idol?\u00a0 The average employee wastes about 4.5 hours per week on socializing and lollygagging, the equivalent of a six week vacation every year.<\/p>\n

Ever wonder exactly how much money your business may be losing to employee time theft?\u00a0 We did too.\u00a0 We conducted some research, crunched the numbers and present you with this Infographic<\/strong><\/a> highlighting some of the gory details.\u00a0 Don\u2019t give up hope though.\u00a0 There are plenty of technological advancements available that curb sources of time theft.\u00a0 Perhaps these statistics and revelations will stir you enough to take action and turn your Chatty Cathies and Surfing Steves into more productive employees.\u00a0 Or perhaps they won\u2019t.\u00a0 What the heck, it\u2019s only money.<\/p>\n

Learn how you can take control of your payroll and start saving money by visiting: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.m2sys.com\/rightpunch-biometric-time-clock.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What other creative examples can you come up with of how employees steal time?\u00a0 Please share them with us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

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