How Much Time Workers Spend on Cell Phones and Personal Tasks

Minutes per day employees spend using their personal mobile devices for non-work activities:

	GENDER MALE	GENDER FEMALE	AGE 18-34	AGE 35-54	AGE 55+
	59	52	70	54	29

What employees spend the most time on when using their personal mobile devices at work:

 

		MALE	FEMALE
	Personal email	32%	27%
	Social networks	24%	33%
	Sports sites	15%	2%
	Mobile games	5%	7%
	Online shopping sites	5%	6%
	Entertainment sites	5%	2%

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How often employees use their personal devices at work to access websites that are blocked by their company:

		MALE	FEMALE
	Very often	36%	19%
	Somewhat often	32%	24%
	Not very often	23%	18%
	Never	9%	38%

Minutes per day employees spend attending to personal tasks during work hours:

	GENDER MALE	GENDER FEMALE	AGE 18-34	AGE 35-54	AGE 55+
	45	38	48	42	27

Source: OfficeTeam survey of more than 300 workers in the United States.

Some responses do not total 100 percent due to rounding.

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