Productivity is a huge area of focus for many organizations. And rightfully so, if your workers aren’t being productive, chances are your organization isn’t doing so great! We get it. Not all jobs are as glamorous as we’d want them to be, and sometimes taking a break helps us get productive. But sometimes workers take “unproductivity” to the next level!
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A recent CareerBuilder survey focused on how smartphones are zapping workers’ productivity. Within the survey, CareerBuilder asked, “What is the craziest nonwork activity workers have done on the job?” I’d say the results may surprise you, but given CareerBuilder’s history of “crazy workers,” I think it’s safe to say that nothing surprises us anymore!
With that being said, here are the top 10 answers employers have given in response to the question:
- Employee was working on a scrapbook.
- Employee was decorating a cubicle with chains of paper clips.
- Employee brought her equipment for her embroidery business from home and was making items for a craft show to sell.
- Employee was doing doughnuts in the parking lot in the snow.
- Employee brought in a kitten she found outside and tried to keep it quiet within a large purse.
- Employee was working on her child’s school project that included uncooked macaroni noodles.
- Employee was laying on a patient’s bed talking to the patient while the patient sat in her wheelchair.
- Employee was watching YouTube videos of people shoving marshmallows in their mouth.
- Employee was doing some personal grooming in the break room.
- Employee was searching on Craigslist for dates.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve witnessed employees doing while they should have been working? Share it in our comments section below, or e-mail us, and it could be featured in the next HRSBT!
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