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Can Eating Lunch at Your Desk Actually Hurt Your Productivity?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:55 +0000

These days, it’s not uncommon for employees to stay at their desks during their lunch hours and eat their midday meals while they continue to work. But is that really the best use of their time? Workweek lunches have generally always been quick affairs — dash out, grab a bite and dash back — but today’s [...]

Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:55:46 +0000

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.

“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.