British businesses stand to lose an estimated 28.7
million man hours over the festive season due to staff doing their
online xmas shopping in work time.
This amount of lost hours is down to those employees who admit
to shopping online at work (45%) spending an average of just 22
minutes a week making internet purchases.
Research among 2,100 adults by YouGov, commissioned by software
security company So Protect Me, revealed the estimated lost
hours.
So Protect Me commissioned the research into the online shopping
habits of employees prior to the launch of its Payment Blocker
tool, which can be used to enforce company policies on internet
usage in small and large companies.
The tool stops employees' credit and debit cards being used to
make purchases on company networks - either outright or during core
business hours.