That number is three percentage points higher than in 2015.
Furthermore, 43% of the group surfed for at least an hour in 2016, up from 42% in 2015. Employers are watching, with 11% acknowledging they have fired employees who did holiday shopping during work.
Employees need “to self-police yourself and schedule your time to make sure you're getting your job done and productivity isn't hurt while you save money shopping online,” says Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer at CareerBuilder.
Harris Poll conducted the survey from Aug. 11 to Sept. 7, which included a representative sample of 3,133 full-time workers and 2,379 hiring managers and human resource professionals from different private sector industries.