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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 calls These 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/coffee Wait time for elevator and/or walk to distant cafeteria Lunch (standard 30 min) Conversations add 20+ min more than in the US Wait for meeting/calls to start In India, meetings rarely start on time Wait/rush for bus or parking Company bus not on time; leave early to grab seats; find/walk to distant parking on campus BUS STOP Walk for distant meetings Campus/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 Sapience Analytics Pvt. Ltd. | www.sapience.net © Sapience Analytics Pvt. Ltd. 2010-2013
