Definitions
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- noun informal
Use of theInternet during workhours for unrelatedtasks
Etymologies
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Examples
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What you refer to as "cyberslacking" can also be called catching up on the personal business a long workday denies.
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Even cyberslacking can be costly to business owners.
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Employees may seem busy, but many are wasting time on the Internet, or "cyberslacking."
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Popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are also common cyberslacking destinations.
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-- You spend about 1/5th of your time cyberslacking.
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Some companies, which spend millions on Web access, have fired workers for cyberslacking, citing concerns about inappropriate activities.
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The makers of the clinical-sounding "employee Internet management software" say that work habits like Rhodes's represent a new national epidemic: cyberslacking on the job.
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Moreover, for many workers, however, using the Internet for "cyberloafing" or "cyberslacking" is a way of alleviating boredom, regardless of how busy they are with work or how much they have to do, the survey found.
The Economic Times 2009
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For many workers, however, using the Internet for "cyberloafing" or "cyberslacking" is a way of alleviating boredom, regardless of how busy they are with work or how much they have to do.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"The so-called cyberslacking could be online shopping or arranging for your dog-sitter online or taking care of banking so you don’t have to take a two-hour lunch," Wallace said.
vendingmachine commented on the word cyberslacking
"cyberslacking" can also be called catching up on the personal business a long workday denies.
Researchers have found that millennials are more likely than Gen Xers or baby boomers to let their productivity suffer due to cyberslacking.
June 17, 2015