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Insomnia Costs America $62 Billion in Productivity

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:27:09 +0000

Insomnia isn’t just a bad deal for those who suffer through it. It’s also a bad deal for the nation’s economy. A study of 7,428 workers by Harvard Medical School found that 23.8 percent suffered from insomnia, and that the average American worker lost 11.3 days — or $2,000 worth of productivity — because of [...]

Facebook Costs American Companies a Staggering $280 Billion a Year

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:49:44 +0000

Checking your Facebook status could lead to your company’s downfall. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but tech blogger Michael Fitzgerald was able to calculate that workers wasting time on the social networking site costs US companies $280 billion in annual productivity losses. Fitzgerald used publicly available information to conclude the average American worker spends seven minutes a [...]

Working In an Office Makes People Less Productive

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:11:09 +0000

The communal offices that were introduced during the ’50s to boast creativity and problem solving are actually reducing productivity, according to new research.

Neuroscientist Dr. Jack Lewis conducted brain scans on office workers and found that those who work in spaces with few walls are plagued by intense bursts of distraction.