Workers love both coffee and the Internet but over 50% of workers would give up coffee before they would give up their Internet access. CNN reports on a new study of workers' Internet habits.
A quarter of employees watch or listen to streaming media at least once a week from work, and 18 percent have downloaded and stored nonwork music, photos and video clips, according to a telephone-based survey sponsored by Websense Inc., which makes software that helps companies filter and monitor Internet use.
Many companies have Internet policies that ban pornography but allow reasonable personal Internet use, such as e-mailing a doctor to schedule an appointment or buying a gift during a lunch break.
According to the survey, 61 percent of employees with Internet access have spent at least some time accessing personal sites.
The average is 3.1 hours a week, compared with 12.8 hours for work-related surfing.
3.1 hours per week is actually a pretty low number. Both coffee or websurfing are difficult to give up. Workers will want access to both.
