203429 Resource 147682 147761 147761 1210349466486 1210349099105 Controlled American Idol remains at the top!

TV reality shows are top subjects around the water cooler, put employees say it is not on company time.

<p>American Idol is the most talked about television program in the workplace for the third consecutive year, according to the latest Spherion Workplace Snapshot Survey conducted by Harris Interactive.</p><p>Most popular talked about shows:</p><p>33% American Idol</p><p>15% Dancing with the Stars</p><p>13% Lost</p><p>10% CSI</p><p>7% Grays Anatomy</p><p>6% The Office</p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">What hasn&rsquo;t changed is American workers&rsquo; view that talking about television can be good for the workplace. This year&rsquo;s survey found that 40 percent of U.S. workers said talking about television at work increases office camaraderie, a slight decrease from 44 percent in 2007. Moreover, 52 percent of workers ages 30-39 believe it increases office camaraderie, more than any other age group.</font></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Can employers stop this or is it a good think to encourage?&nbsp; Learn more about policy and suggested handbook procedures by Contacting StaffScapes.</font></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"></font></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Source: Spherion</font></p><p /><p /><p /> 9 application/xml false American Idol CSI employee policy harris interactive Lost Spherion Spherion http://spherion.mediaroom.com/pressroom/file.php/296/SFNAmerIdolSnapshot2008.pdf Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 jimt 216.58.130.130 false true false false true 147682 blog blogsite/StaffScapes/web