Idle Time

[Johnone]

In light of certain people being able to watch movies at work, I was thinking we can all state what our occupation/job is, how much idle time we have at work, and what we do during those idle time.

Idle time being measured as: Actual time (hours) at work minus time spent productively. (Productive time would be the time you actually spent working on what your job requires you to work, i.e. actually doing your job).

As an added bonus, you can state why the idle time exist in the first place and whether you feel guilty for not actually working for the time you are being paid.

Or do you feel that idle time is worked into the system at your workplace and it is one of perks of working there?

 

[I.am.Sam]

i dont get scheduled time and forecasted time ...when work needs to be done at home its done

 

[ice_cubes]

 

[loc]

I'm in IT, and at the moment I do 30-60minutes work a day

I surf the web the whole day and hate it. I started learning coding, looking into degrees, but I'm so bored and de-motivated that I've stopped trying anything. I could move to a better position but now I've become accustomed to doing nothing. It's sad because normally people comment what a hard worker I am.

It's fun for the first few weeks but doing nothing really gets to you. I do feel guilty for doing nothing but have lost the interest to try

 

[SoulTax]

Idle time varies wildly. Sometimes I work 8 hours a day flat out, sometimes I work 15 minutes. Sometimes those 15 minute days stretch on for a week or two. I don't feel guilty for the 15 minute days as if there is no work to do, then what else can I do?

Only feel guilty on the days when I can't be bothered and I should be working towards a deadline but I chill instead. I still meet my deadlines because I work very well under pressure, so the guilt is not too bad. I manage to make up for the lost day in the end.

 

[RiaX]

hmmm.... as a pharmacist

high level government hospital ... no idle time at all often work overtime to finish clinics

bush hospital ... a lot

retail ... depends on traffic usually a good couple of hours but still have to supervise the staff to make sure they placing orders and stuff but sitting behind the counter and watching staff doesnt really count as work

research ... nothing it takes over your life. Day time experiments night time internet journal reading. Though does give me time to post here when im fed up

 

[Cius]

I'm in IT, and at the moment I do 30-60minutes work a day

I surf the web the whole day and hate it. I started learning coding, looking into degrees, but I'm so bored and de-motivated that I've stopped trying anything. I could move to a better position but now I've become accustomed to doing nothing. It's sad because normally people comment what a hard worker I am.

It's fun for the first few weeks but doing nothing really gets to you. I do feel guilty for doing nothing but have lost the interest to try

Get Out! I can't say it enough, this will kill your brain. I had a job like that for 6 months and it took me months to recover from the knock. Your brain needs exercise as much as your muscles do and right now its not getting it.

 

[loc]

Get Out! I can't say it enough, this will kill your brain. I had a job like that for 6 months and it took me months to recover from the knock. Your brain needs exercise as much as your muscles do and right now its not getting it.

I'm planning on transferring positions in Jan. Will be hard to get accustomed to working again

 

[XennoX]

Yep. In the same position as loc - trying to get a job that makes use of my degree though. My work takes up about 60 minutes of my time a day. I keep my brain exercised by playing Soduku, watching documentaries, reading the news etc.