How much of your work-day is actually spent working?

[Xath]

So I work in two shops (costume and lighting) in the Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, and together they combine into a full-time job. There's not a whole lot of room for slacking, as we're generally fairly busy and have no computers or desks. However, this morning was quite different.

I was 30min late for work because I had overslept and I was still the first one there. It took another 45min to find someone with keys to the light shop. Then my boss decided that he wasn't going to come in until 2, so I was alone for a great deal of the morning and there happens to be a common shop computer.

So I read the boards and talked to people in between bouts of organizing the cable. I'd say only about 35% of my 4 hours in the light shop was actually spent doing work. Whereas normally, I have to spend 95-100% of my work time actually working.

I notice that people here post alot during the work day. How much work time is actually spent doing the work which you are payed for?

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

hmmm...I'd be hard pressed to give an actual percentage, but I sit at a terminal doing data entry all day, so between records I toggle over to ENWorld and back. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say about 20% of my day was actually used posting and reading.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

100% of my workday is spent working, or at least will be for the near future:

I'm on vacation until August

 

[Shemeska]

Well I'm currently waiting for some stuff to do an experiment, and untill it comes in there's not much I can do. Today I 'worked' all of maybe 3 hours till my computer died and took three days of busywork with it.

Work is patchy for me. Sometimes it's trying to find something to do because you're waiting for stages of procedures, and the other half of the time it's pulling 12 hour days to finish experiments etc.

 

[eabha]

Most days, around 80%. But today, maybe 20%.

I've spent whole weeks at a time doing very little work. I always pay for it in the end.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

I spend 100% of my paid time working. No computer at work.

Now, back on my tech support job, I spent about 20-30% of my time actually working.

 

[Crothian]

Oddly enough 70-80%

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

For me it depends upon the day. My job consists of troubleshooting with several companies my company contracts with. At times there is very little happening and I have more time to slack off (maybe as much as 50% of the day). Of course it usually ends up such that the poop hits the fan from all the companies I deal with at the same time. When that happens I have very little spare time and only check in here as a diversion while I have lunch or 5 minutes between meetings.

 

[Xath]

Oddly enough 70-80%

I don't believe you.

 

[Crothian]

I don't believe you.

Wow, called out by Xath. I start work around 6-7am if not earlier, I usually don't start posting till afternoon. I get in a good 5 hours of solid work in before hitting the boards.