https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stealing-time Dave Berkus' business insights Wed, 29 Oct 2014 05:32:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098&cpage=1#comment-47072 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 05:32:05 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098#comment-47072 Agreed that the output of work matters the most and that it needs to be delivered within the time schedule defined by the manager and with the quality expected. But an argument might start when the employee tries to include the personal time spent as part of the work schedule stating that he/she has been in office working for 12 to 14 hours. These hours of work include personal time spent, so i feel some extent of monitoring is necessary to avoid further debates between managers and their team.

]]> https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098&cpage=1#comment-47012 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:54:36 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098#comment-47012 Shouldn’t managers concentrate on evaluating the outputs? As long as an employee delivers or exceeds expectations, why worry about how she/he does the work?

]]> https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098&cpage=1#comment-47010 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:41:32 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2098#comment-47010 This is a good topic. I must say I even felt guilty reading the blog as I have much other work to do. Granted I was not on Facebook and this has professional development value, but I still felt guilty.
Some employees abuse the freedoms to take breaks and surf with their personal time spilling heavily into work time. This not only “robs” the company of their valuable time, but it can create resentments with other employees so I feel there needs to be some supervision and management of these personal time activities.

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