Work Internet Use
Productivity Calculator
Internet use at work is costing American corporations over $178 billion per year in lost productivity. For a quick illustration of how much casual surfing of the internet could be costing your organization, please
choose your currency and complete the form on the next page.
Websense can be used to filter inapropriate Internet use, enhance data security, and to promote employee productivity. For less than one hour's salary of a clerical employee, Websense
provides a cost-effective solution to inappropriate Internet use.
For a quick illustration of how much casual surfing of the Internet could be costing your organization, please see the table below.
We used the following assumptions:
Average hourly cost per employee including overhead: $20
Average time per week casually surfing the Internet: 2 hours /week
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Number of Employees
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Cost/Day
USD
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Cost/Week
USD
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Cost/Year (50 weeks)
USD
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10
|
80
|
400
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20,000
|
|
25
|
200
|
1,000
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50,000
|
|
50
|
400
|
2,000
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100,000
|
|
100
|
800
|
4,000
|
200,000
|
|
300
|
2,400
|
12,000
|
600,000
|
|
500
|
4,000
|
20,000
|
1,000,000
|
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This information should be used as a guide only.
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