Does Anyone Actually Work at Work?
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I don’t have a full time job but thought I would reply anyway. I work 14 hours per week as an employee in parallel to my normal self employment (I am also a student). I have had this contract for a few months. I probably spend about a half hour per week doing personal internet stuff (eg check email and eBay) on work time.
It may be possible to pick whether I am visiting from work or home, except that I work at a uni so it would be difficult to distinguish between employees and students. I have no idea how they could guess age/gender.
Welp…
I had my job for 2 1/2 years, and if I wasn’t watching a movie or TV show (on my laptop), I was on the internet, but nighttime security is a special scenario here.
I’ve been with my company since 2002 and well I probably spend about 2 hours a day on the internet reading personal emails, gossip blogs, failblog, failbook, mortgagefraudblog, etc. I spend another 1 hour a day talking to other coworkers about personal stuff… PS I hate my job 🙁