Editorial LiveJournalists tackle...office distractions
It would seem MeMo was in charge of today's inexplicable editorial offering:
Feeling distracted? Plagued by constant interruptions? Can't concentrate on the job? Drowning in a flood of data and stimulae?
Now it can be known: You're not alone. According to the New York-based consulting firm Basex, the typical American office worker spends no more than three minutes on task before being interrupted. Many U.S. workers — those in the news media, for instance — would give much to have three uninterrupted minutes.
The distractions stem from e-mails, calls, visitors, colleagues dropping by to chat, the temptation to visit YouTube or another amusing Web site. Added to those are environmental noise from construction, traffic, air handlers, and seemingly omnipresent radios and televisions.
Basex reports that such distractions waste 28 percent of a worker's shift, costing businesses $650 billion a year.
So Chron employees waste 28 percent of their work time? This explains many things at 801 Texas Avenue.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 07/12/08 08:51 AM | Houston Chronicle | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (7)
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