Workers Share Their Most Unusual Coffee Break Activities in CareerBuilder.com Survey
December 05 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Nearly Half of Workers Surveyed Take a Coffee Break at Least Once
During Workday CHICAGO, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- When you have
project files piled so high on your desk that you can't see your
neighbor in the next cubicle, what's the only thing that gets you
through the day? For many workers, it's their daily coffee break.
According to a new CareerBuilder.com survey, 49 percent of workers
take a coffee break at least once during the workday and 32 percent
take a coffee break twice a day or more. However, not all workers
are merely drinking java during these breaks, and CareerBuilder.com
has named the top 10 most unusual activities workers did on their
coffee breaks in this year's survey: 1. Proposed marriage 2. Judged
a "Best Legs" contest 3. Shrink wrapped a co-worker's new car 4.
Did step aerobics by his cubicle 5. Left the office to chase a
weasel outside 6. Had a burping contest 7. Ran a race in a wedding
dress 8. Kissed another employee in the stairwell 9. Did a fast
re-enactment of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" 10. Walked a
new-born turkey around the building When asked if workers search
for jobs during their coffee breaks, only 15 percent said yes.
However, when broken down by industry, banking and finance workers
are the most likely to search for a job during their coffee breaks
at 29 percent followed by healthcare at 21 percent. Survey
Methodology This survey was conducted online within the US by
Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 5,600 US
employees, (employed full-time; not self-employed; with no
involvement in hiring decisions), ages 18 and over within US
between June 1 and June 13, 2007. Figures for age, sex,
race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were
weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual
proportions in the population. The data have been weighted to
reflect the composition of U.S. employers, and propensity score
weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be
online. With a pure probability sample of 5,600, one could say with
a ninety-five percent probability that the overall results have a
sampling error of +/-1.3 percentage points. Sampling error for data
from sub-samples is higher and varies. However that does not take
other sources of error into account. This online survey is not
based on a probability sample and therefore no theoretical sampling
error can be calculated. A full methodology is available upon
request. About CareerBuilder.com CareerBuilder.com is the nation's
largest online job site with more than 22 million unique visitors
and over 1.5 million jobs. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI),
Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) and
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), the company offers a vast online and
print network to help job seekers connect with employers.
CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 1,100
partners, including 150 newspapers and leading portals such as
America Online and MSN. More than 300,000 employers take advantage
of CareerBuilder.com's easy job postings, 23 million-plus resumes,
Diversity Channel and more. CareerBuilder.com and its subsidiaries
operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information,
visit http://www.careerbuilder.com/. Media Contact: Theresa Chu
773-527-2437 DATASOURCE: CareerBuilder.com CONTACT: Theresa Chu of
CareerBuilder.com, +1-773-527-2437, Web site:
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
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