Get the Most Productivity Out of Each Work Day

Productivity in the workplace is a key factor in controlling labor costs and getting the most out of your company's resources. We all know that time is money and every minute wasted is hurting your bottom line. 

When it comes to surfing the Internet there is no exception. Are your employees wasting valuable company time surfing non work related web sites, sending/receiving personal email, chatting to friends or family? 

A Gallup poll recently showed that the average employee wastes 75 minutes a day or more doing non-work related things while on the clock. That's over $6000 per year, per employee, in productivity loss. You are paying them and the work isn't getting done. In a company of 500 employees that could add up to more than $3 million in lost productivity just from Internet misuse. 

This problem can be even worse for companies with remote or unsupervised employees. According to The Society for Human Resource Management, 59% of employees lie about the number of hours they work each day. Do you know if this is going on in your company? How do you put an end this kind of behavior? 

To begin to tackle such a problem will depend on your employees. Maybe all your employees are exceptional or maybe you have discovered you have some very dishonest people working for you. 

Some employees just need some structure to their work day to keep them focused and on task. Others may be very goal oriented and respond well to working toward incremental milestones. Still, others may just be easily distracted and may require more drastic measures like web monitoring software that tracks their Internet usage and/or controls their access. 

The key to increasing workplace productivity is taking control of how your workers use the Internet and getting rid of activity that is not related to work. Keeping track of employees performance and productivity over time will reveal valuable insight into how they work and how to get the most out of the work day.