Something I have seen a lot of.
I used to go outside with the smokers. Not because I smoked, but because I wanted to keep an eye on how much time was spent.
Averaged about an extra 45 minutes a day.
Union got rather angry with me for that one.
Before my Granny died the in-home nurses who cared for her would have to go out on the porch and smoke a lot. So can understand other co-workers feeling like they have to do more work when others are tending to their carcinogenic habit. With some of them it’s several times a hour depending on how addicted they are.
It amazes me how much nurses smoke when they know how bad that is for you and the people they care for.
Yes TYR remember the old days when people smoked at their desk. They did it in hospitals too, in the rooms!
“Averaged about an extra 45 minutes a day.”
MORE like 60 minutes.
Understand that these same smokers make no effort to make up the time by arriving early, staying late, cutting a lunch break, etc.
I have watched a smoking area out my window for years. The net result is smokers are at their desks less minutes than non-smokers.
Don’t get me started on Facebook and other social media abuses during “work” hours.
HOW all of these “breaks” impact true productivity is the real open question.