Internet at Work

MBC

Don't know if this has happened to anyone before..........but lately I'm finding it really hard to get motivated in work..........I'm finding myself on the god dam Internet nearly all day - think Im addicted........and therefore my work is really getting affected - Think my boss is starting to cop it aswell.

I feel like telling our IT guy to only give me access at lunch time - but it seems like a really drastic step........

Anyone else fell they use the Internet in work way to much? Any help would be very much appreciated?

Spastafarian

I'm on the internet 99.5% of the time at work.

It's great isn't it?

Big Nelly

MBC wrote:

Don't know if this has happened to anyone before..........but lately I'm finding it really hard to get motivated in work..........I'm finding myself on the god dam Internet nearly all day - think Im addicted........and therefore my work is really getting affected - Think my boss is starting to cop it aswell.

I feel like telling our IT guy to only give me access at lunch time - but it seems like a really drastic step........

Anyone else fell they use the Internet in work way to much? Any help would be very much appreciated?

Get a proper job and you wont be on the internet so much during the day, you will be too busy to be on the internet

I used to work in a crap job, well it was a good job in the company I was in but was doing for 4 years and was pi**ed off so more or less sat there 99% of the day on internet, Manager tried to give me a warning and I just sat doing the same, finally got motivation to move so went to a proper job so dont have the time anymore!!

joker77

Yea, have the same problem here... and a few others around me do as well. It's not good, in some ways I wish they'd just ban it altogether, but then again I do need to use it as part of my job the odd time for research.

I've got a telling off for it before, as have others, so we kind of cool it for a while but usage just creeps back up again...

I don't have a solution, but for me personally and the others I know who are on it nearly all day - it's definitely linked to having to work sitting at a PC all day and not being stimulated enough mentally, in a boring enough job that you can do with your eyes closed almost, and being able to get away with spending a very little amount of time on the work to get it done....

joker77

Big Nelly wrote:

Get a proper job and you wont be on the internet so much during the day, you will be too busy to be on the internet

I used to work in a crap job, well it was a good job in the company I was in but was doing for 4 years and was pi**ed off so more or less sat there 99% of the day on internet, Manager tried to give me a warning and I just sat doing the same, finally got motivation to move so went to a proper job so dont have the time anymore!!

Good advice there Big Nelly, I think that's exactly what I need to do. Need to give myself a big kick up the backside first though, in some ways I have it very handy here, wages are good, people (mostly) are ok, location is handy etc etc - there's always the fear that you'd end up in a hell-hole again, I've worked in a couple of real bad places and this is a holiday camp compared to them.

Big Nelly

joker77 wrote:

Good advice there Big Nelly, I think that's exactly what I need to do. Need to give myself a big kick up the backside first though, in some ways I have it very handy here, wages are good, people (mostly) are ok, location is handy etc etc - there's always the fear that you'd end up in a hell-hole again, I've worked in a couple of real bad places and this is a holiday camp compared to them.

Well I was the same, was 15 mins drive from house, handy number, wages where "good", well in the place I was in compared to everyone else but nothing special, had to take the chance and went to aother place, means leaving in morning at 6.45 to miss the traffic and still in office now but get great wages, enjoy the job and get to work from home a few days a week.......

Dont mind the holiday camp thing but it bores you to death and you just get pure lazy and not in the mood to work then at all, the internet is a killer to waste the day!! v

robinph

Spastafarian wrote:

I'm on the internet 99.5% of the time at work.

It's great isn't it?

I always have trouble thinking what to do for the other 0.5% of the time though.

MBC

Yeah thats exactly it I can do the job with my eyes closed, 15 minutes walk in the morning, good money etc etc but dont really want to go any higher in here - basically I have just become a lazy b*****D.

But the funny thing is that when I am walking to work in the mornings I say to myself "as soon as I get in I am going to get stuck into the work" and then as soon as I sit down I say "ah sure I'll just check my email, then the fantasy footie" then before I know it its 11 o'clock and I haven't done a thing.

Think yis are right I also need a good kick up the back side and need a new job........anyone know how to get in to the Corpo these days:D

Big Nelly

MBC wrote:

Think yis are right I also need a good kick up the back side and need a new job........anyone know how to get in to the Corpo these days:D

I said a good job, my mate years ago was working for Dun Laoghaire corportation or some corportation out there, government department, was just out of college and was always a great worker, was bored senseless in his first week and asked his boss for something to do, his bosss walked off and came back about 10 mins later with a really old book. Told him to flatten out the dog ends/cornors or watever they are called.....went off laughing saying "that wil teach you to ask for work"

He quit about 2 months later!!

Demetrius

Big Nelly wrote:

I said a good job, my mate years ago was working for Dun Laoghaire corportation or some corportation out there, government department, was just out of college and was always a great worker, was bored senseless in his first week and asked his boss for something to do, his bosss walked off and came back about 10 mins later with a really old book. Told him to flatten out the dog ends/cornors or watever they are called.....went off laughing saying "that wil teach you to ask for work"

He quit about 2 months later!!

Great anecdote!:)

OP, a way out of it is to "reward" yourself with a little Internet access when you have a certain amount of work done. I know how it is hard to stay motivated for some jobs, especially ones where you are sedentary all day, but that seems to be the main solution other than packing it in immediatley.

(When I started this job, I was warned by a five-month veteran that I would want to blow my brains out after the first month. Believe me, I do!:))

Ruu_Old

Moved to Work & Jobbehs

Raiser

I too am paid vast sums of money to sit right here surfing the net for much of the day with occasional trips to the canteen for sustenance and cups of tea........

........I however realise that some people are out in the driving rain and cold, cold wind digging ditches for a fraction of the wages - so I don't moan about it fretfully like a twat.

dr.bollocko

YEah shaddup. there are plenty of us trying to preserve our status as workshy net addicts. Its not so easy, so shut up and enjoy it!

nesf

Big Nelly wrote:

Get a proper job and you wont be on the internet so much during the day, you will be too busy to be on the internet

I wouldn't blame the job straight off, you still could keep busy usually; it's just you don't have to and it's quite easy to justify not doing by calling your present job not a "proper job". What is a "proper job" anyways? Unless you define it as a job that you'd like to see yourself in in the future the phrase doesn't have a lot of meaning for me.

It's a bit like going travelling, yes sometimes the best route is to just stop everything and go attack new experiences and bring about changes in your life. Othertimes going travelling just means you aren't sorting out your problems and just trying to ignore them and/or blame them on where you are etc. It's similar with jobs, yes sometimes it's best to get the hell out of a job and find something different (if not better); othertimes it's really not the job but one's approach, mentality or perception of the job that's at fault. We do have amazing abilities to transfer blame and ignore the problems, it's something that we should try to be more aware of.

slave1

wikipedia, random article link, hard to get bored in that site

shoegirl

I have found that diverting internet time into relevant training kills the idleness and at the same time gains something useful.

Does your company have Skillport? I once did 30 different courses during a quiet period at work. I also studied (and passed) a CCNA from scratch during a period where I worked 50% night shifts but there were 3-4 hours of dead time. I also ate my lunch during this dead time and used my lunch break for the gym - I lost 5 stone over a year!

joker77

shoegirl wrote:

Does your company have Skillport?

Sounds very interesting - do you have any more info on this? Thanks

um7y1h83ge06nx

I was looking for a thread exactly like this.

I have turned into a right lazy so and so. It's so hard to motivate myself, some mornings I vow to put the head down and just work a full day but it's so hard.

It's really annoying me.

nesf

slave1 wrote:

wikipedia, random article link, hard to get bored in that site

Yeah, it's bloody addictive alright.

vimak

This is why I like working for a small company, I don't have to watch your kinds of lazy asses getting paid for surfing