Surfing the Internet during work hours on non-work related sites.

• 27% - claim they spend 30 to 60 minutes per day
• 25% - claim they spend 10 to 30 minutes per day
• 12% - claim they spend 1 to 2 hours per day
• 13% - claim they spend more than 2 hours per day
  

Email Activity for College Students on a Weekly basis

• 26% - Checking, reading and sending emails
• 26% - Text Messaging
• 15% - Watching TV
• 11% - Talking on the phone
• 9% - Visiting social networking sites
• 7% - Reading Magazines
• 6% - Visiting websites other than social networks

(Pace University's Lubin School of Business IDM Lab, 10/20/2009)

Social media adoption by Small Businesses jumped from 12% to 24% in 2009.

Of 500 Samll Business owners, 22% made a profit from social media outlets, 53% broke even, adn 19% lost money in 2009.

CIOs were polled on company policy regarding use of social networking.

• 54% - strictly prohibit all use
• 19% -permit site visits for business purposes only
• 16% - allow limited personal use
• 10% - do not place any controls on personal use

(Robert Half Technology, 10/6/2009)

Time Spent In Meetings per Week:

• 8.5 hours - Employees
• 10.5 hours - Middle Management
• 12 hours - Top Executives

(USA Today, March 19, 2002)

Traveling:

Business travel accounts for approximately 5.1 hours per week, on average.

(Pace Productivity Inc.)

Waiting for their computers:

Office workers "fuss" with their machines an average of 5.1 hours each week, waiting for software programs to run or for help to arrive, with double-checking printouts for accuracy and format following as a close second.

(SBT Accounting System)

During our lifetime, it has been shown that we spend:

• 23 years sleeping
• 19 years working
• 9 years on Leisure Activities
• 7 years Traveling
• 6 years eating
• 3 years being sick
• 2 years on Personal Hygiene
• 1 year on Religious Activities

(Paul Rice, Time Source)

A study on the importance that workers and human resource departments place on work/life balance initiatives. The study's results show that workers place a higher value on work/life balance benefits than their human resource departments.

Workers point of view:

• 89% of employees believe that work/life balance programs, such as flextime and telecommuting are important when evaluating a new job
• More than 75% of workers believe that work/life balance initiatives result in more loyal and efficient employees
• 29% of workers view their employer’s work/life balance initiatives as good or excellent

The HR Point of View:

• 50% of HR professionals believe that work/life balance initiatives to be important for their company
• 61% of HR professionals believe there will be more employer-provided work/life balance initiatives in 5 years
• 56% of HR professionals believe that general work/life balance will improve in future
• 60% of workers say that they spend too much time working

(Canadian Concierge)