Employee Internet Usage
You may think that your employees are loyal to your Internet Policies; however research shows that your employees may be using the Internet for non-work related purposes more than you are aware of.
Personal internet use at work (as a percentage of U.S. workforce)
|
Use search engines |
89% |
Check news/sports headlines |
75% |
Comparison shop |
67% |
Write/receive personal e-mail |
55% |
Check stock market |
49% |
Make purchases online |
45% |
Play games online |
22% |
Bank online |
14% |
Visit adult sites |
11% |
Source: Angus Reid Group, (2000) |
The majority of employees are using the Internet to: search the web, check news/sports headlines, comparison shop, and write and read personal e-mails. Existing HyGuard customers using NetiSafe concur with these findings, and have witnessed employees flocking to online shopping, and news and sports headlines sites. According to Nielson//NetRatings employees visiting MSN, Yahoo!, and e-Bay are spending at least 35 minutes per employee at these sites.
Top 15 Sites visited From work Each day |
|
Employee Visits |
Time per person (hh:mm:ss) |
MSN |
19,831,000 |
0:36:10 |
Yahoo! |
19,359,000 |
0:48:13 |
AOL Time Warner |
18,629,000 |
0:22:47 |
Microsoft |
11,038,000 |
0:06:49 |
Google |
9,124,000 |
0:11:20 |
Amazon |
6,406,000 |
0:09:46 |
e-Bay |
6,103,000 |
0:47:32 |
Lycos Network |
5,475,000 |
0:11:37 |
About-Primedia |
5,318,000 |
0:09:35 |
CNET Networks |
3,838,000 |
0:07:08 |
Walt Disney Internet Group |
3,414,000 |
0:10:55 |
Excite Network |
3,233,000 |
0:34:36 |
InfoSpace |
2,853,000 |
0:09:22 |
Landmark Communications |
2,844,000 |
0:06:59 |
AT&T |
2,655,000 |
0:17:23 |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings (2002) |
Your employees can get lost in the profusion of shopping, chatting, personal e-mail, and media viewing services. The temptations of non-work related Web surfing are continuous.
What are you doing to control these losses? Let HyGuard’s NetiSafe take care of it for you!
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