Have you ever wondered how much time you waste using social networking sites during your work day? According to surveys carried out in the UK, an average Joe spends around 40 minutes a week which leads to around €1.56bn annual income decrease. Over half of the 1460 office workers surveyed claimed that they use social networking sites for their personal use during office hours.

How to prevent income loss

Some companies have already banned using social networking sites from their offices. However, it’s still common for others to use Twitter, Facebook or any similar sites on a daily basis even for internal communication. This shows it doesn’t have to have any negative impact to your business as long as you use it wisely. It would be a good solution to provide a usage policy, which additionally would prevent your company from productivity reduction.

What is your experience? Is this just a new temporarily concern like we had years ago related to the usage of Internet and e-mail? Do you use any social networking sites on a daily basis in your workplace? Does it bring you any benefits or is it indeed just a time eater? Share your opinion with us leaving a comment below.