Pumps' Perplexities

In the days prior to the Human Resources Department, there was
the Personel Department which usually 'outsourced' a company
that specialized in efficiency.....Thus the Efficiency Expert.....

Well folks, those days are gone.....HR Departments now a days
are complicated, legal, health, and lost prevention organizations....
The Efficiency Expert has gone by the wayside.......

Today a Chicago paper reported that out of an 8 hour day,
people are non productive for 1.82 hours....This time does not
include normal lunch or other authorized break periods......
The conclusions of the non productive time were based on use
of the internet, cell phone and "water cooler' talk......

It seems the HR Department which 'schedules' 1 hour a day as
non productive is happy the time is not in excess of 2 hours......
But what has changed......Before the internet and cable television
the non productive time was 1.06 hours a day.......(Data from the
'50s and '60's)......

Just remember, if you have an office job, the managers will let you
'scratch' yourself for 8 minutes an hour......It seems that it has
always been that way.......But the additional 10 minutes with
personal e-mail or text-messaging is now becoming a problem....
Remember there is very little difference between the
Efficiency Expert of the '60s and Big Brother of the 21st
century......Pumps