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The Administrative Professional's Ultimate Time Wasters

Wasting time is like watching the clock.

The typical workday is filled with distractions, interruptions, and routine tasks. Researchers have found that the average employee does just four hours of productive work a day. The remaining four hours are spent fielding phone calls and emails, or wasting time by surfing the Internet and gossiping (2008). Here are three time wasters that the administrative professional has to face in any given day: