How much is KB costing NZ?

**RantyDave** · 2nd January 2008, 21:28

Originally Posted by Big Dave

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** · 2nd January 2008, 21:38

Originally Posted by RantyDave

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** · 3rd January 2008, 05:32

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** · 3rd January 2008, 08:44

Originally Posted by Jim2

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** · 3rd January 2008, 08:51

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** · 3rd January 2008, 08:54

Did you factor in Ixion's penchant for explosions?

**Ixion** · 3rd January 2008, 09:02

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** · 3rd January 2008, 09:12

Good point.

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

**Conquiztador** · 3rd January 2008, 10:10

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** · 3rd January 2008, 15:23

Originally Posted by Ixion

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** · 3rd January 2008, 15:37

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** · 3rd January 2008, 15:49

Originally Posted by RantyDave

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'