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82% -- percentage of employees spending work time on nonwork activity for US employees (2025)
82% of all employees (in-office or remote) admit to spending some work-hour time on non-work activity.
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https://desktrack.timentask.com/blog/remote-employee-monitoring-software/ ↗
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Remote Employee Monitoring Software: Complete 2026 Guide
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US employees: 82% percentage of employees spending work time on nonwork activity. Source: SurveyMonkey (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/employees-nonwork-activity-surveymonkey
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