Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry[Assocham] revealed this flocking trend in a recent survey indicating how the social networking bug has made its way to the office space and is eating into productivity in the workspace.
Here are a few highlights from the survey which was conducted in 13 major cities-Mumbai,Ahmedabad,Delhi,Chennai with 4000-participants in the age bracket of 21-60
- The Indian employee spends and hour on a n average on social networking sites like Facebook,Orkut...
- Productivity suffered is close to 12.5%
- 4 in every 10 employee builds their social network profiles during office hours on sites like Facebook,Orkut,Linked in,Twitter...
- A whopping 83% saw nothing wrong in social networking during office hours
- Another staggering statisitc 84% of the respondents showed signs of internet addiction
- Only 14% of the employees were given full access to social networking sites,this just goes to show employees are using smarter means to beat the system.
