Poll: Do you come here on somebody else's time? (Pittsburgh: unemployed, vs.)

[ditchdigger]

Just to set up the question...

In another thread recently, comments were made about various groups (older vs. younger, private sector vs. public sector), slacking off at work.

Certainly, there are other ways to slack off besides browsing and commenting to the Pittsburgh Forum, but I just got to wondering, specific to your participation here, whether you're ever doing it "on the clock".

Personally, I don't have internet access out in the field. I don't even have, or want, a smartphone. If you see a post from me, I made it on my own time, from home. Some days though, I'll get home, and find a topic that's six pages deep in replies, which didn't even exist 10 hours earlier. I know not everybody here is unemployed, or a homemaker, or working the graveyard shift dahn J&L. I suspect some of you might be here on company time.

So, anonymous poll, comment only if you feel the desire to, but be honest. Are you ever here when you're being paid to be doing something else?

[Pitt Chick]

My own time only.

[I_Like_Spam]

If I want to slack off at work, that's what You Tube is for. Not this forum.

[Hopes]

Since I'm a homemaker, I guess I'm here on my husband's dime.

[SlurmsMcKenzie]

I'll probably hit my various 3 favorite sites 2-3 times per day at work, just to give my mind a quick five minute break. I work long hours and have no qualms with doing so. I don't consider it "slacking" at all.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by ditchdigger

whether you're ever doing it "on the clock".

I'm not hourly.

[SlurmsMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

I'm not hourly.

Agreed, me too. I'm exempt and expected to get my work done regardless of the hours neccesary. I suppose this would be a bigger issue if I were an hourly employee.

[ElijahAstin]

It's not slacking if you're consistently praised for your productivity and work product quality. In my experience most employers understand that as long as you're not doing anything unseemly, the means to your ends are irrelevant.

[CSD610]

I own my own business and can work any 12 hours of the day I want but I am generally in between printing or phone calls or on the computer when I'm here.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

It's not slacking if you're consistently praised for your productivity and work product quality. In my experience most employers understand that as long as you're not doing anything unseemly, the means to your ends are irrelevant.

We got a memo to quit using the company computers for facebook, email, etc. Now we all have smartphones, LOL! But really, no, only at lunch on work days. There is really very little time at my office to slack off.