Social networking kills productivity: ASSOCHAM

This study that social networking kill productivity is already doing rounds in the west and now the perception has reached India too.

According to the report published by ASSOCHAM soicial networking sites kills productivity of corporate employees by 12.5%.

The survey conducted by ASSOCHAM was carried out in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Indore, Ahemdabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Luckow, Kanpur and claims that almost each day, an average corporate employee spends an hour in surfing social networking sites.

As per the survey, almost every day, a corporate employee spends an hour, on various social networking sites such as Orkut, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn etc. for romancing or otherwise drive some satisfaction out of it.

And if this is calculated each day working is reduced by an hour from 8 hour to 7 hour. The survey showed that 77% of workers who have Orkut account use it during work hours. Interestingly, 83% see nothing wrong in surfing at work during the office hours.

Nearly 82% of workers have a Facebook account. The average worker uses it for 30-40 minutes a day which adds up to a lost week each year.