Nearly 60 percent of work interruptions are-you guessed it-thanks to the Internet.

你猜60%的员工工作时会因为什么而走神？没错，答案是上网。

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How can I work with these perpetual interruptions?

打扰不断，让我怎么工作？

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Elapsed time is the time it actually takes to do the work after factoring in all of the interruptions the employee has in a normal workday.

过期时间指在考虑到员工在日常工作中所遇到的所有中断后完成任务所需的实际时间。

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Not to mention the increased scheduling convenience, ease of communication, and reduction of daily work-based interruptions.

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Interruptions make work less efficient, which means it takes longer to do.

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Almost 60 percent of interruptions at work involve using communication and social tools, like email, social networks, text messaging, instant messaging or switching between different applications.

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