iPod love or in fact gentle stroking of any Apple product, dubbed Macsturbation in our office, is a growing problem amongst firms. According to Recruiter mag, citing some research from Woods Baggot, that 22% of us are jacked in to our Pod up to three hours per day.

If you’re in banking or law, it’s best to stow your trusty MP3 player before entering the office, but marketing & media types can tap away whilst listening to Hot Chip or having a sneaky boogie to Girls Aloud (you know who you are). Anyone longing for the peace of a corner office? Shut the door on your way out. Ta.

We’ve had a fair bit of feedback from employers and recruiters, that they’d like a way to promote vacancies on Chinwag Jobs’ homepage. So, after careful consideration, lots of ruminating and some crafty web work, we’re proud to announce our brand-spanking new Featured Jobs.

In the spirit of being open and transparent, this is a paid-for advertising spot and not jobs that have been selected by us. We hope you find it useful.

In a plum case of stating the obvious, news reaches us, via TechCrunch UK, that office workers will buy Christmas presents online, when they should be toiling away. Whilst mulling the air-conditioned USB shirt for Dad, or the Alpaca knitting yarns for Mum, few tears will be shed about the £7.25bn reportedly lost in work time. Aside from over-burdened project managers, and bosses wondering why productivity has dropped, of course.

On the other hand, maybe they’re used to it, what with 25% of the working day spent gossiping over tea & biccies.

According to new research from Lexmark, 22% of the average office day is spent procrastinating. Apparently, we spend nearly a quarter of our time at work making cups of tea, gossiping, emailing friends and reading the newspaper. Apparently, working from home away can be a much more effective use of time. Anyway, must dash - there’s tea to
be made.