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Employee
Internet Abuse Startling Facts |
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These employee Internet abuse and monitoring statistics have
been compiled from online sources including Business Week,
American Management Association, ZDNet Interactive AOL,
Cyber Security Industry Alliance, Computer Security Institute,
Vault.com, NFO Worldwide, Gartner Group, Websense, and the
FBI. |
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Do Employees Use the Internet for Personal Use? |
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64% of
Employees admit to using the Internet for personal interest
during working hours. |
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2.09
hours per day is the amount of time the average employee
uses internet for personal
interests. |
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49
minutes per day is the amount of personal Internet time Baby
Boomers use per day. |
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2.8 hours
per day is the amount of personal Internet time Generation
X'ers use per day. |
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30 to 40%
of Internet use in the workplace is not related to business. |
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How do
Employees Use the Internet for Personal Use? |
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60% of
all online purchases are made during working hours. |
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46% of
online holiday shopping takes place at work. |
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70% of
all pornography traffic occurs during the nine-to-five work
day. |
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37% of
at-work internet users in the US had visited an X-rated Web
Site from work |
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37% of
workers say they surf the web constantly at work |
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32% of
all e-mails sent at work are personal. |
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37% of
workers say they Instant Message or Web Chat all day long
with non work related family
members or friends. (47 minutes
per day average) |
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On
Average, Workers Spend 21 hours a week online at work, and
only 9.5 hours a week at home. |
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32.6% of
workers surf the net with no specific objective, men are
twice as likely as women. |
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44% of
business employees actively use streaming media. |
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62% of
downloaded Music & Videos are done at work because of higher
speed internet access. |
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37% of
employees report searching for jobs online at work. |
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45% of
employees report making travel arrangements while at work |
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11% of
employees report they play online games at work. |
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How does
Employee Abuse of the Internet affect Businesses? |
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30% - 40%
Loss of productivity. |
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47.03 of
172 total hours per month of paid employee productivity. |
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For a
$40,000 per year employee, the average business will pay
over $10,500.00 to the average
employee for their personal use of the internet. |
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27% of
Fortune 500 companies have defended themselves from claims
of sexual harassment
stemming from inappropriate e-mails and internet
use. |
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Businesses could be liable for illegal downloads of pirated
software, music or videos. |
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Top 7 Reasons
Employees Justify their Personal Abuse of the Internet? |
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1. |
There is no Internet use Policy in place, and I have never
been instructed in what is an
appropriate or inappropriate use of the Internet during working hours,
it's managements fault. |
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2. |
I
feel I am underpaid, and this is a way to get back at the
company for underpaying me -
I think I deserve it. |
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I
feel so overwhelmed at work they use the internet to escape
the stress. |
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4. |
I
feel bored of the daily routine and this is my escape to
something more stimulating. |
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5. |
No-one will ever know, so why not, after all everyone else
is doing it. |
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6. |
No
filtering or monitoring measures are in place to catch me. |
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7. |
I
could never visit the sites at home that I do at work
because: I would be embarrassed or my
internet service is too slow, or my spouse or family would never let me,
or I have no Internet
service at home. |
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