Agreed realistically there will always things that limit your productive time, and that's normal, although management will try to push against that. The question is from a company policy point of view. E.g. new policy "Employees are allowed 3 smoke breaks a day , or they may use an e-sig at their desk."
There are studies around showing that even a few minutes walk can increase creativity. So it is actually possible that smokers that are going out to smoke are actually more creative that their sitting counterparts.
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10 times a day? O.o I dont know where i read that, but isnt it assumed that we (IT specialists) are productive about 60% of our work time?
Agreed realistically there will always things that limit your productive time, and that's normal, although management will try to push against that. The question is from a company policy point of view. E.g. new policy "Employees are allowed 3 smoke breaks a day , or they may use an e-sig at their desk."
There are studies around showing that even a few minutes walk can increase creativity. So it is actually possible that smokers that are going out to smoke are actually more creative that their sitting counterparts.
Here for example : http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/want-to-be-more-cre... but there are likely more serious link around.