Top 10 workplace productivity killers

careerbuilder-original-2363 For those that prefer print, here’s the list in text format:

  1. Cell phone/texting (55%)
  2. The internet (41%)
  3. Gossip (39%)
  4. Social media (37%)
  5. Coworkers dropping by (27%)
  6. Smoke/snack breaks (27%)
  7. Email (26%)
  8. Meetings (24%)
  9. Noisy Coworkers (20%)
  10. Cubicles (9%)
You can read more about the research here: http://advice.careerbuilder.com/posts/from-cell-phones-to-noisy-coworkers-top-10-productivity-killers]]>

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