87% of office workers do ”personal things” for more than an hour while working - South Korea

A survey revealed that ``salary workers working for one of Korea's top 100 companies spend more than 1 hour and 20 minutes out of their 8-hour workday on personal matters.'' "I
"Activities" include activities such as smoking during work hours, browsing the Internet, and going out for private purposes. The Korea Employers Association targets 100 major companies and member companies of the Korea Employers Association.
As a result of conducting a ``Survey on the current state of work concentration among workers at major companies,'' it was found that human resources managers at major companies rate the ``work concentration level of their own workers (office workers)'' at an average of 82.7 points. Ta
. This means that workers spend an average of 17.3% (1 hour and 20 minutes) of their 8-hour working day (excluding lunch breaks) on personal activities other than work.
Of these, 22.4% of companies spend an average of less than 1 hour (87.5 points or higher) on private activities, and 22.4% of companies spend an average of 1 hour or more (87.5 points or higher) on private activities.
65.3% (less than .5 points) and 12.2% (less than 75 points) for 2 hours or more (less than 75 points). This means that ``87.5% of responding companies said that workers spend at least one hour of their working hours on personal activities.''
This means that Through this survey, the Korean Employers' Association called for improvements in workers' concentration on work. Of the companies that responded to this survey, 93.9% answered,
There is room for further improvement." On the other hand, only 6.1% of companies answered that there is "no room for further improvement."
Furthermore, the Korean Employers Association said, ``Companies with well-established performance systems
In contrast, workers at companies with little control over private activities spend an average of two hours or more on private activities, while workers at companies with little control over private activities spend an average of two hours or more on private activities during work hours.''
. Ha Sang-woo, head of economic research at the Korea Employers' Association, said, ``As a result of this survey, we found that even major companies cannot say that the level of work concentration among their workers is high.'' of
It was confirmed that there is an urgent need to improve labor productivity through active personnel management, such as efficient utilization of personnel, self-restraint in personal activities during work hours, and establishment of performance management systems.''