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of us admit to shopping at work.
There are plenty of ways to waste time when you’re on the clock—playing solitaire, gossiping at the water cooler, posting pictures of our dogs on social media. But the dawn of Amazon and two-day shipping has given rise to a new workplace time killer. According to a 2019 survey from the Harris Poll, more than two-thirds of people fessed up to online shopping while at work. Be careful when you partake in this unproductive pastime—if that many people are spending their paychecks during work hours, there’s a good chance your boss knows about it. The good news? Statistically, they’re probably doing the same thing.
BY THE BUY When looking at just millennials, the number of workplace shoppers rose to 81 percent.
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