New Work Routine: Come in. Grab Coffee. Go Through Email, Work on Project. Check Facebook.
Love it. So this is what some employers're thinking should be your routine for the day. Really. Check what? That's right. A survey has found that "'homing from work' may be the key," according to smartplanet.com. New research by digital media firm Captivate Network shows that "merging work and your personal life in office hours may be the best method to not only maintain a better work-life balance, but also increase productivity while you're at your desk." I remember trying to sneak onto msnbc.com (and yes, QVC, for the Today's Special Value, just might have that sheet set that I need), when I worked at a desk in an office. Then employers switched to software that could track your every move so I had to stop. (Strangely enough, working from home, I never check either!) smartplanet.com notes that the company compared answers given in a survey this year to one two years previously. As a result, "There was an 11 percent incre...