... [+]Angela Atamian was between meetings in the office on Tuesday when she spotted a co-worker scrolling on their phone. Atamian, a human resources executive, joked, “Happy Amazon Prime Day!”
While millions of Americans find themselves in jobs where they can’t spare a moment to shop online while on the clock, many millions can. Forget historic inflation and rising borrowing costs.
“The ability to play every once in a while should be totally fine,” says Jan Lehman, an executive coach and founder of consultancy. “Our days are always blended, and sometimes the pendulum swings more toward personal things versus business and vice versa.” There’s a limit, of course, on how much time a worker can take away from work weighing the pros and cons of a particular pair of shoes or comparing lawn furniture and still be a fruitful worker at a healthy company. Lehman warns that more than that half hour on Amazon might begin to sap an employee’s output. Disengaged employees cost the global economy $7.
, which uses automation and AI to boost company productivity. “There are so many different things, whether it’s Prime Day or different beeps, buzzes and notifications from our phone, that are potentially distracting team members.”
Maybe, and I'm spit balling here, employees focus on the job they agreed to do when they accepted the position? They can shop at lunch or off the clock.
How much were you paid to write this article?
Stop with the gaslighting - Americans don’t get any mandated paid time unlike most every other country and we’re sick of it. This place is a joke
How is that not Amazon taxing employers via their employees time and attention? IRS
Okay jeff.
taking 30 mins on top of lunch and break time to shop is a sign of a healthy work culture😀😀. And lets be real, 30 mins You know once started were looking at 45-90 mins easy.
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