Rethink downtime at work? UT Professor’s research suggests it’s a good idea

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a world that seems to be getting faster and faster, idle time at work may not feel like a problem. But, according to Andrew Brodsky, an Associate Professor at the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin, it’s costing both employers and employees nationwide.
Brodsky worked with a co-author from Harvard Business School on research that found companies in the U.S. pay more than $100 billion each year for time employees spent idle. Additionally, they found that 78.1 pe