Lost productivity during regular hours = unnecessary
overtime pay.
Business owners always agree that employees work better under supervision.
Survey of time wasted by employees in an 8 hour
day:
-
Assumed by Human Resources = 0.94 hours a day.
- Suspected by Human Resources = 1.60 hours a day.
- Employees Admitted to Wasting= 2.09 hours per day.
In fact, employees admit to wasting 2.09 hours per day.
Top time wasters:
- Surfing Internet (personal use) 44.7%
- Socializing with coworkers
23.4%
- Conducting Personal Business 17.1%
- Spacing Out
- Running Errands off Premises
- Personal Phone Calls (business and cell phone)
- Planning Personal Events
- Arriving Late / Leaving Early 1.0%
FACTS:
In the US, honest employees stole over $759
billion dollars in wasted time last year.
In Florida, honest employees stole over $44.4
billion dollars in wasted time last year.
Short Story:
The owner of 5 coffee shop franchises has
to leave his business in the hands of other people
a large part of the time. But now he has much more
control over the situation since he installed digital
video camera systems in 3 of the locations.
With the system, he can check in on his highest
volume locations from his computer at home, pulling
up the images from cameras located in the dining rooms,
inside the coolers, looking out at the drive-through
windows, or inside the manager offices.
“If I have paperwork to do, rather than drive
to a location, I can watch it form home.”
