Cyber Monday is the biggest online shopping day of the year. If you're working today you might be thinking about taking advantage of the deals and doing your holiday shopping at the office.
According to CareerBuilder's annual holiday shopping from work survey, 50% of employee plan on doing some shopping from the office. Of those planning to shop online this year, 34% will spend an hour or longer. More than 16% of surveyed workers said they will spend two hours or more shopping.
Before you start shopping online while you're at work, you might want to consider the consequences of shopping - and socializing - on company time, or you might end up looking for a new job. What you do online when you're doing it from work is your employer's business. You can get in trouble - or even fired - for doing non-work-related online activities while you're supposed to be working.
22% of surveyed employers have fired someone for using the Internet for non-work related activities and 7% of employers have fired someone for holiday shopping online at work.
Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder says, "Most companies assume their employees use some of their break time on the Internet for shopping, checking social networks, and other general browsing, but when it starts adding up, workers need to be aware of company policies and any potential consequences. With more companies limiting or restricting online activity, e-shopping season is as good a time as any to be mindful of our Internet usage at work."
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