Where does the day go?

Ridiculously Efficient reports the average American worker wastes 1.7 hours a day. What distracts them?

• Internet: 44.7 percent
• Socialize: 23.4 percent
• Personal business: 6.8 percent
• Space out: 3.9 percent
• Apply for other jobs: 1.3 percent
• Other: 19.9 percent

Here's why employees say they slack off:

• 1 in 3 say it's because they don't have any work to do.
• 1 in 4 say it's because they think they are underpaid.
• 1 in 6 say it's because their co-workers distract them.

Isn’t the measurement itself a relic of an outdated era? The concept of working a fixed number of hours a day or week?