Are You a Chronic Time-Waster at Work?

See if your bad habits made the list.

Time Flies... - Do you find yourself with a case of "the Mondays" every day? Can't seem to get things done at work? You may not be alone, according to a survey of 1,000 workers by Salary.com. Keep reading to see if your bad habits made the list. — Britt Middleton (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Time Flies... - Do you find yourself with a case of "the Mondays" every day? Can't seem to get things done at work? You may not be alone, according to a survey of 1,000 workers by Salary.com. Keep reading to see if your bad habits made the list. — Britt Middleton (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Not Too Much Going On Here - In the survey, 34 percent of people admitted they routinely wasted 30 minutes every day while on the clock. Twenty-four percent claimed they wasted 30-60 minutes daily and 11 percent copped to several hours per day wasting time on non-work related stuff. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

Programmers - Many countries are looking to import programmers and developers including Australia, Ireland, Brazil and the U.K. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Plugged In - Checking news sites eats up the most time, according to 37 percent of respondents, followed by social media (14 percent), online shopping (12 percent), entertainment/lifestyle (8 percent), sports (3 percent) and travel (2 percent). (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

Status Update - Among social media sites, Facebook is the most popular among workers, with 15 percent of respondents admitting to using the site at work. Yahoo! came in second with 14 percent, followed by LinkedIn (10 percent) and Google+ (8 percent). Thirty-eight percent either declined to answer or chose "other." (Photo: Facebook)

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Status Update - Among social media sites, Facebook is the most popular among workers, with 15 percent of respondents admitting to using the site at work. Yahoo! came in second with 14 percent, followed by LinkedIn (10 percent) and Google+ (8 percent). Thirty-eight percent either declined to answer or chose "other." (Photo: Facebook)

He’s Sooooo Busy at Work - He could be using work as a cover to go out with the side chick. Or the side chick could be in his office; studies say that 60% of affairs start at work. (Photo: Inti St Clair / Getty Images)

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Men vs. Women - According to the survey, men wasted more time at work than women, 73 to 66 percent, respectively. Younger workers aged 26-32 slacked off more (82 percent), compared to other age groups. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Education Matters - Seventy-six percent of people with doctorate degrees said they wasted time at work daily, compared to 59 percent of respondents with a high school education or less. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Education Matters - Seventy-six percent of people with doctorate degrees said they wasted time at work daily, compared to 59 percent of respondents with a high school education or less. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

Make a To-Do List - When taking on the responsibility of larger projects, try breaking things down into smaller, less intimidating pieces that are easier to accomplish. A to-do list is a simple way to manage the needed steps, but the key is to make a list and stick to it. (Photo: Tom Grill/Getty Images)

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Motivate Me - Eleven percent of workers said they wasted time because they didn't have an incentive to work harder, 10 percent said they were unsatisfied with their jobs and 9 percent chalked it up to being bored. Just 3 percent said it was because of low pay. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

Stay Above the Fray - Avoid office gossip like the plague and keep coworker drama to a minimum. The top brass doesn’t get involved in petty matters, and you shouldn’t either. (Photo: Sean Justice/Getty Images)

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So Social - The majority of respondents (43 percent) admitted that chatting with co-workers was their greatest time-sucker, compared to those who surfed the Internet during the work day (28 percent). (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

Cease and Desist - The National Rifle Association has reached a new low, said two Connecticut senators after learning that the powerful gun lobbying group has been making robocalls to residents of Newtown. In a letter demanding it stop, they wrote, "In a community that's still very much in crisis, to be making these calls opens a wound that these families are still trying hard to heal." (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Call Me Later - Texting, social media and taking personal phone calls tied at just 4 percent among respondents. Shopping online equated to just 2 percent. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Monday to Friday - It's no surprise that Friday was the least productive for most (43 percent), followed by Monday (16 percent), Wednesday (9 percent), Thursday (6 percent) and Tuesday (3 percent). (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Will Republicans Take the Senate? - The GOP needs to pick up just six seats to win control of Congress' upper chamber. According to David Bositis, senior political analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, African-American voters are key to helping some senators keep their seats. They include North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagin and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu.  (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Running the Country, Wasting Time? - Twenty-five percent of government workers said they wasted time daily at work, the highest among occupations. Energy and utilities workers followed at 22 percent, then agriculture and ranching workers at 20 percent. Conversely, 16 percent of health care workers said they never waste time during the workday. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Under Restrictions - Many companies combat time-management issues by blocking employee access to certain websites. In the survey, 52 percent of workers said they would use their own cell phones, tablets and computers to access non-work related websites if they couldn't do so otherwise. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Under Restrictions - Many companies combat time-management issues by blocking employee access to certain websites. In the survey, 52 percent of workers said they would use their own cell phones, tablets and computers to access non-work related websites if they couldn't do so otherwise. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)