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16 million Brits worked from home this Christmas
Friday, 15 January 2010
By Garnet Roach garnet@consumerchoices.co.uk
Over a third of the UK admitted to spending time working and accessing work emails from home this Christmas.
The equivalent of 16 million people spent time working over this holiday period, spending more than three hours working from home when they were supposed to be on holiday, according to TalkTalk Broadband (www.TalkTalk.co.uk), one of the UK’s biggest broadband providers.
And worryingly one in 10 people claimed that they spent over 10 hours working from home, the study found.
However, Christmas wasn’t just about work. Internet television became increasingly popular, with 20% of people watching or downloading TV from the internet during the holiday period.
This compared to 28% who watched clips on YouTube and 19% who played online computer games. Meanwhile, over half of Brits spent time emailing friends and family, and 40% visited social networking sites.
Mark Schmid from TalkTalk said: “As recently as 10 years ago most of our time over the festive period was spent with our nearest and dearest, or slumped in front of the telly. Now we’re spending big chunks of our Christmas time playing games online, watching TV over the internet or social networking. Now your Twitter followers know what you had in your stocking before you’ve even tucked in to your turkey!”
Michael Phillips, Broadbandchoices.co.uk product director, said: “While it may be a worrying trend that increasing numbers of people are working from home when they should be on holiday, the internet has changed entertainment and communication forever, even allowing people who live in different countries to spend Christmas together.”
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