A report about how much time Chicago sanitation workers waste on the job has prompted a look at the overall issue of employees slacking off.
The Chicago inspector general’s office issued a report saying the average sanitation crew wastes just over two hours a day.
The report describes a few garbage workers engaging in behavior such as drinking beer on the clock and urinating in the street. They also were caught doing more mundane things like running errands, taking long lunches and socializing, according to the Chicago Tribune.
As you can imagine, this has created quite an uproar in Chicago.
But a follow-up story in the Tribune points out that American workers acknowledged goofing off at work an average of one hour and 42 minutes a day, according to Salary.com — and that’s just what they admit.
“That happens in most workplaces,” says John Gallagher, chief executive of the Challenger, Grey and Christmas outplacement firm.
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