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Originally Posted by braisler
Yes, worker productivity. When you were smoking, how many smoke breaks did you take a day? And how long was each of these breaks? Be honest, and maybe you can start to see what I am getting at. In my building, every time I walk around the corner to the copier, I see the same 3-5 people standing outside smoking. So say they smoke 12 cigarettes in the average work day. And say that the time for each cigarette is 5 minutes. That adds up to an hour each day that is spent smoking, not working.
Now you can make all the arguements you want about non-smokers taking company time to do other non-smoking related activities. Or you can try to convince someone that the smoker is more productive when he gets back to his work because of the drug he has just ingested, but let's get real. Smokers, smoke. They take more breaks to smoke. They socialize when they smoke. They do not work when they smoke. Hence, smokers have lower productivity than non-smokers. I am not making generalizations, I am speaking from personal experience.
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That's the company's fault then..If they would place a company policy which states you get 3 breaks in say..an 8 hours shift, Then you only smoke 3 ciggs on company time and your taking the same time for break as non smokers.
The company i work for, You get two 15 minute breaks and one 20 minute lunch in an 8 hour shift..12 hour shift the same but you also get a half hour on your 10th hour of your shift.
The way you stated your opinion makes managment or shift superviser's like thier not doing there jobs in making sure that the employees are only taking the given amount of time for break.
If a company lets thier workers go for a smoke whenever they feel like it, Then blame the management not the worker.