Forget images of sugar plums dancing in their heads. This season, expect to see images of holiday gifts dancing across your employees’ computer monitors.
According to recent research, nearly a third of your workers — 29% — say they’ve shopped for holiday gifts in the past. At least the same number’s expected to do so this year.
And 27% will spend one hour or more shopping in cyberspace this year, says the study from CareerBuilder. Another 13% say they’ll spend two hours or more.
Staying vigilant
Employers aren’t exactly crazy about this dent in productivity. Careerbuilder offers some numbers that may discourage workers from shopping from their desks:
- 21% of employers have fired someone for using the Internet for non-work related activities.
- 5% of employers have fired someone for holiday shopping online at work.
And given the ever-increasing employer interest in setting up workable computer-usage policies, it seem inevitable those numbers will head upward.
