Last week, Pac Man celebrates his 30th anniversary, and Google, in homage to the blob chomping hero had a fully playable version of the game available on its webpage.
On the third weekend of May, many computer users were hearing a pitchy monotone that once they left their screen on Google for too long. And the pitchy sound can be heard in offices where employees would spend more than enough time on the website. And a research by RescueTime, a monitoring software for businesses that tracks which applications and websites a company’s employees use.
The folks from RescueTime took a random sample of its users. Of the 11,000 people who were monitored by the application, 3 million seconds were spent on Google on May 21. That’s a whopping 4.82 million hours that could have been spent on work, was spent on Pac-Man’s chomping adventures.
Supposing that the average user monitored by RescueTime is paid $25 per hour, more than $120 million dollars was lost when it comes to productivity.
Google’s version of Pac Man had a bad effect on the economy. We’re not sure if the entertaining toys from Gadgetepoint will increase your productivity. But they’re fun, so use with caution, you might be spending more time than necessary.
Tags: 30th anniversary, employees, fun, google, Pac-Man

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