New survey reveals texting biggest productivity killer at work

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
According to Career Builder, employers report the top productivity killers at work is cell phones and texting.
According to Career Builder, employers report the top productivity killers at work is cell phones and texting. (AP)
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new survey is shedding light on the most common and the most unusual productivity killers at work.

According to Career Builder, employers report the top five productivity killers are: cell phones and texting, the Internet, gossiping, social media and checking email.

As for the strangest behaviors at the office, those include employees taking sponge baths in the bathroom sink, playing video games on their cell phones while sitting in the bathroom stall and trying to hypnotize other employees to stop their smoking habits.

And lastly, searching Google images for cute kittens.

Click here to read the full survey.