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&lt;p&gt;Below are the eight biggest time sucks at work, according to&#160;&lt;span&gt;Tim Eisenhauer, a tech entrepreneur with more than 15 years of work experience and&#160;the co-founder of a company called&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://axerosolutions.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Axero Solutions&lt;/a&gt;.&#160;&lt;span&gt;Axero (which doesn’t have offices, workspaces, or weekly meetings)&#160;provides companies with a social collaboration platform that’s said to be more effective than email and traditional intranets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Non-work-related social networking (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc.).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;EISENHAUER: People checking Facebook and watching YouTube while at work is probably&#160;the biggest time suck on this list. Yes, some people need to do this stuff for their job, but everyone&#39;s doing it (not just the people who do it as part of their job). Solutions to this issue would be appealing to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/intrinsic-motivation.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;intrinsic motivators&lt;/a&gt;. Most often this is a management issue. Do people feel as if they&#39;re doing something valuable for the company? Do they like their job?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Hunting for a new job while at work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E: This happens more than most people think it does. And this has more to do with how people perceive their job than the job itself. If people feel like they&#39;re doing something of importance, then they&#39;ll be more inclined not to search for another job.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Responding to personal texts or phone calls.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E: These are distractions. When people are distracted, it takes them a while to get focused and back in the game.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Gossiping or complaining about coworkers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E: First shift is pissing and moaning about second shift because they feel that they work harder and second shift doesn&#39;t get anything done. Meanwhile, second shift is complaining about first shift because they don&#39;t do their work and leave it for second shift to do. This is a management and communication breakdown.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Watching movies and shopping.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E: I have personally seen people at work (when I worked for other companies) doing a whole lot of this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Randomly browsing the Internet&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. Red tape.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E: Not trusting your employees to make decisions. So they have to wait for your OK to finish everything. This is also along the lines of micromanagement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. Blowing time, killing time, running out the clock.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E: I&#39;ve worked on teams with employees who would finish their work, and then just sit around and knowingly waste time&#160;for the rest of the day. This mostly happens with disengaged employees. Sometimes the company was at fault, and other times they were just bad (or the wrong) employees.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Follow us on &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/VaultCareers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read More:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/is-working-remotely-more-efficient/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Is Working Remotely More Efficient?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/what-we-brag-about-when-we-brag-about-long-hours/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;What We Brag About When We Brag About Long Hours&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/so-would-you-work-for-amazon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;So Would You Work for Amazon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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