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When it's busy I can't tell where one stops and the other starts (personal/work time).........When it's slow I do whatever....we even have a pool table we play on at the shop.
While at work, do you do non-work related things?
Examples: going on the Internet to check out weather-news headlines-sports-check your personal e-mail, filling out Forms, making out your Christmas List...........just doing some things that are not at all related to your job?
As for me, I do! As for my wife, she doesn't! Yesterday, she seen a co-worker (girl) looking up something on the Internet. Later in the day, she seen the same girl filling out an Insurance type Form. She told me about this when she got home from work and she seemed a little angry over it. I told her to calm down that just because she doesn't want to do these things, doesn't mean that others in the office don't want to.
There were many times at my last job where, my supervisor was gone, the workload was pretty slow, so I'd play a game on my computer or do something else non-work related. I had my own office.
So, which are you, the "I do" or "I don't"?
Probably 99.9% of us answering your question are at work right now.
I am the "I don't" type, especially if there is work to be done. You don't know how many jobs I have held where I was working my butt off while others were goofing off all day. Reason why I left so many jobs. One job I held in particular, I sat next to a girl who was a soccer mom. We both came in at 8:00. I started working right away. She talked until 2:30 each day to each and every individual in the office about her kids soccer, etc. The only thing she didn't tell us was when they had bowel movements. I finally, after a year, asked to be moved and was turned down. The supervisor ended up disliking me because I asked to be moved (probably because she did so little in a day also). I ended up leaving because this girl was tormenting me constantly. However, it doesn't pay to get upset. As in my case, I end up leaving and these people keep their jobs forever.
You gotta lighten up a little. By the way, were you at work when you responded?
Now, how about managers and supervisors that are on salary and do non-work related things away from the job DURING working hours?
My last supervisor would stop by my office and tell me that he was leaving to have his oil in his vehicle changed - going out to breakfast (sometimes to McDonalds and sometimes to a restaurant with another supervisor) OR he would just say "I have some errands to run"........but, be gone for up to 2 1/2hours!! Then, one day, not to long after I had started, him and I got into a conversation about golf. I don't play golf, only watched PGA on tv. But, next thing I know, he says "Come on, I'm taking you somewhere!" He took me to a local Driving Range for an hour. It was sort of fun, but I still had no interest in playing golf. After that day, during the summer months, he would leave the office around 9AM for a couple of hours three times a week. One day I noticed he had his golf clubs/bag and a bucket of balls in the back of his Jeep partly covered with a blanket. I knew he was going to the Driving Range often during the week (during work hours) and that he played in some different local Golf Championships on the weekends. BUT, is it right for him to be doing this during "working hours"........I didn't like it, but said nothing.
By the way, I knew a lot about what was going on because when he was away, I had to run the Department. While at the Driving Range, he would shut off his company cell phone! He really had no one to answer to and could act like he owned the company and do whatever he wanted to. Sometimes it would get me pretty annoyed because he was only a supervisor, not the CFO, CEO (or any high ranking executive like that).
Sure I do...but my work gets done 1st.
I don't go out with the smokers (anymore) I don't go from desk to desk for the latest "scoop" and my bosses don't care as long as my work is done.
As to the poster who told the other one to "lighten up".....it's very frustrating to work next to someone like this. I brought a set of ear phones in and listen to music so I don't have to listen to the soccer/football/baseball/bowelmovement moms. Now I'm standoffish and cold...don't care.
I do putz around on the computer, but I work at home. DH does, but less than I do.
DH is salaried/management and that means he often travels and works outside of normal business hours, so if he has to go get something else done during the work day it evens out. He doesn't take advantage, but doesn't track every minute either. For car tune-ups there is a place near his work that will pick up and deliver the vehicles so he doesn't have to go off-site for that. The other day he went shopping for some personal items on an extended lunch break, we usually have lunch together once a week and sometimes take a long lunch. However, when he travels for work he is gone extra hours so again, it evens out and he has an understanding boss. He has co-workers who do more or less personal business during the day so he isn't at either extreme. Oh, and he always gets the work done and gets excellent reviews. It is about performance and finding the right balance. No, he doesn't play golf, take smoke breaks or engage in office chit-chat so he might end up working a lot more than some others in the office.
For the moment, I am a SAHM. But when I was working professionally, I did. I was in an office where at least half of us were salaried. It was not unusual for someone to check the news or make personal calls for doctor appts or that kind of thing while working. Often out of necessity. Almost all of us often worked long days or came in on an evening due to projects needing finished or process emergencies(this was an office of manufacturing development engineers and related staff). It also wasn't unusual for someone to drop off a car needing work or a manager to call a lunch meeting either on or off-campus.
Having been on both sides of the fence, this is a tricky topic. It's proven that people work better when they take breaks. But some people will abuse it. And the employer usually knows. Ex. I've had employees cruise porn sites, read books in the restroom, etc.
The best policy is to use official breaks for personal stuff. Get up and walk around if you need a break.
Yeah, MIKE!! (lol)
Surfing the forums, playing online games, messenger (like I have the room to talk, Im on messenger while working but at least its on my phone, not from the computers). Okay, so in a way, Im guilty too, as charged.
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I finally, after a year, asked to be moved and was turned down. The supervisor ended up disliking me because I asked to be moved (probably because she did so little in a day also). I ended up leaving because this girl was tormenting me constantly. However, it doesn't pay to get upset. As in my case, I end up leaving and these people keep their jobs forever. 
