How much is KB costing NZ?

[Big Dave]

<headline>From SMH.com.au</headline>

<headline>Taking work personally</headline>

A new survey shows that while many Australian workers claim to be using social networking sites for work, they're not always sending out the right message.

<!--articleDetails--> <!--articleExtras-wrap--> <bod> </bod> The survey, conducted by Linkme.com.au, found almost half of those registered with a social networking site logged on at work, despite 20 per cent of employers objecting to the practice.
Of those, one in five admitted to using the site up to two hours per week, costing companies $2,700 per person per year on average in lost productivity.

[98tls]

Better it costs my employer than me<_<Nice thing about KB is there isnt that much to buy,another bike forum i spend time on is full of clever buggers who are always making things for old Suzuki V-twins which tends to cost me heaps.:doh:

[rwh]

The survey, conducted by Linkme.com.au, found almost half of those registered with a social networking site logged on at work, despite 20 per cent of employers objecting to the practice.

Well, that's ok - the 50% of users could all be logging on from one big happy employer :)


Of those, one in five admitted to using the site up to two hours per week, costing companies $2,700 per person per year on average in lost productivity.
Hmm, that's not the whole story either. If users of that site return to work refreshed and full of zing after surfing the net, they might get twice as much done as if they hadn't!

:dodge:

Richard

[Big Dave]

And I guess from that cost figure needs to be subtracted the value of goods sold, services rendered and deals done.

[The Pastor]

i do not spend over 2hr/s a day on kb. and i dont do it at work.

[Taz]

I don't have internet access in my crane.....

[Big Dave]

I don't have internet access in my crane.....

My iPod has internet access. Won't be long.

[rphenix]

Well, that's ok - the 50% of users could all be logging on from one big happy employer :)

Hmm, that's not the whole story either. If users of that site return to work refreshed and full of zing after surfing the net, they might get twice as much done as if they hadn't!

:dodge:

Richard

Not to mention that said employees probably do free overtime in excess of whatever time they might spend surfing therefore no productivity lost at all!

[99TLS]

My iPod has internet access. Won't be long.

i can log on from my cellphone:2thumbsup

[rwh]

i can log on from my cellphone:2thumbsup

Hmm, I thought I could. Maybe not now I've switched to prepay, or maybe I don't have enough credit.

Anyway, I don't think I'd want to spend too much time on KB on that size screen ...

Richard

[Taz]

My iPod has internet access. Won't be long.
What's an ipod?

[Ixion]

<headline>From SMH.com.au</headline>

<headline>Taking work personally</headline>

A new survey shows that while many Australian workers claim to be using social networking sites for work, they're not always sending out the right message.

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That's OK then, KB isn't a social networking site. How could a bunch of anti social pricks be a social network?

[Big Dave]

What's an ipod?

An iPhone without the telephone - perfick.

[Big Dave]

That's OK then, KB isn't a social networking site. How could a bunch of anti social pricks be a social network?

Who f*cking cares.

[boomer]

Who f*cking cares.
You look like the caring sort ya big hippy !


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[RantyDave]

Of those, one in five admitted to using the site up to two hours per week, costing companies $2,700 per person per year on average in lost productivity.
Lost productivity? Really? Are we certain those people weren't going to be spending the time staring out the window? Or at Trina in reception's arse? Or worst of all bugging the shit out of other employees?

Did anyone account for the people that'll leave the company if they can't get their fix? Perhaps there's a positive correlation between using a social networking site and overall productivity? Maybe people with an active support network are less likely to get sick and take time off work.

But, no, someone gets hrs*time and spits a number out so some pointy haired twat can regurgitate it in a meeting and feel he/she/it is worth their $150k. Marvellous. Shall we ban coffee too?

Dave

[Big Dave]

Or at Trina in reception's arse?

When I was at ITMeedia in Kitchener St the Lawyers upstairs used to stop the elevator on our floor just to see how see-thru the receptionist's blouse was.

It was usually worth the stop.

Ahhhh, Publishing houses, I miss em sometimes.

[James Deuce]

I hope it costs enough to shut the place down or at least get NSW to take over the running of NZ like it should be.

[Big Dave]

I hope it costs enough to shut the place down or at least get NSW to take over the running of NZ like it should be.

Just burn it.

[James Deuce]

I did some calculations on stockpiling enough Napalm to do that, and it can't be done. However I can do the main centres with 32 CBU-72's and a DC6.

[Big Dave]

Did you factor in Ixion's penchant for explosions?

[Ixion]

Nukes. We need nukes. Can't get them from our allies, cos we don't have any, so we should make our own.

[James Deuce]

Good point.

I can probably drop my estimate of 22 CBUs for Auckland to 16.

[Conquiztador]

In the 2WW the poms were running out of ammo, so they changed their working hours in the ammo factories to be 7 days a week, 10 hours a day. And you know what, the productivity dropped...

[SPman]

Nukes. We need nukes. Can't get them from our allies, cos we don't have any, so we should make our own.
There's a certain Pakistani nukelar bomb whiz who is looking for another job at the moment, now Irans got cold feet.......

[Ixion]

Excelelnt. Lez see now. Have we got everything we need for our own bomb

Expert knowledge : check
#8 fence wire : check
Corrogated iron : check
Knead-it : check
Cable ties : check
Duct tape : check
Beer : check

Yep. I reckon that with a bit of good old Kiwi ingenuity that should be everything required to make absolutely anthing at all, including an atom bomb

All we need is fuel. That plutoninimium stuff. Bound to be some on www.ebay.com.ru.

[sels1]

Lost productivity? Really? ...Perhaps there's a positive correlation between using a social networking site and overall productivity? Maybe people with an active support network are less likely to get sick and take time off work.Dave

I'm with Dave (Ranty, not Big) on this. Sure I look at KB at work sometimes, but the work still gets done 'online, ontime'

[Hitcher]

Kiwi Biker doesn't cost - it pays!

[Grahameeboy]

What's an ipod?

Reversed it spells "Dopi":innocent: