Working from home- Yahoo CEO says no more

Lets take a look at some numbers. These numbers come from Forbes. So take it how you wish. http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2012/07/17/employees-really-do-waste-time-at-work/

Specifically, the survey revealed 64 percent of employees visit non-work related websites every day at work. Of that group, 39 percent spend one hour or less per week, 29 percent spend 2 hours per week, 21 percent waste five hours per week, and only 3 percent said they waste 10 hours or more doing unrelated activities. (My experience as a CEO tells me these figures are probably underestimated.)

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Lets just assume these numbers are accurate for the sake of argument.

If 39% waste <1 hour, that equals 4485 people. Lets say they average 30 minutes. That's still 2242.5 wasted hours.

If 21% waste 2 hours. That's 2415 people and 4830 hrs.

Now if 3% waste 10 hours, that's 345 people and 3450 hours.

Total, that would be 10522.5 wasted hours PER WEEK!

I work from home just as much as I work on the road. I know I waste more time when I'm home. So these numbers could possibly be low.

But let's assume they are correct. Lets also assume these workers average 40 hours a week. That is equal to 263 people working a 40 hour week. That's a TON of production being lost!