Unseen Time Wasters at Work

Smoke kills, kills time too*Smokers are impacted much more; includes walk + elevator time

50 min (10 min x 5 times)

Tea/coffee + phone callsThese breaks are longer and more frequent than in the US

20 min (5 min x 4 times)

30 min (15 min x 2 times)

20 min (10 min x 2 times)

20 min (10 min x 2 times)

50 min (10 min x 5 times)

20 min (20 min x 1 time)

Walk time for lunch, tea/coffeeWait time for elevator and/or walk to distant cafeteria

Lunch (standard 30 min)Conversations add 20+ min morethan in the US

Wait for meeting/calls to startIn India, meetings rarely start on time

Wait/rush for bus or parkingCompany bus not on time; leave early to grab seats; find/walk to distant parking on campus

BUS STOP

Walk for distant meetingsCampus/building means more time

* means not applicable for all

Person spends 2+ more hours in office, or fewer work hours than their US counterparts

Indian employees lose

2-3 hours at work due to combination of poor work habits and campus/facility design

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