Human resource managers at major companies in South Korea believe their workers spend approximately 17% of their working hours, around 80 minutes, on other activities, reports The Korea Herald, citing a survey by the Korea Enterprises Federation. The survey showed that human resource managers of the largest 100 companies by sales rated their office workers’ productivity at an average of 82.7 out of 100. It also showed that HR managers think their office workers spend an average of around 1 hour and 20 minutes of their 8-hour workday on personal activities, including ‘slacking off’, smoking, surfing the internet and socialising. At the same time, 93.9% of HR managers believed that there was room for their employees to be more engaged in work-related tasks.

However, more than half, 54%, of HR managers said their companies don't really manage or respond to workers engaging in personal activities during work hours. Of the survey's respondents, 38% said their companies "manage only visible aspects (of workers' productivity) such as frequent absences," and 16% said their companies "barely manage productivity due to resistance from employees." In contrast, 26% said their companies "actively manage productivity through computer activity checks."