A survey released on Friday found that 65.3 percent of Taiwanese office workers play Pokemon Go during work hours.
Office workers spend an average of 78 minutes per day catching the virtual creatures, according to the survey conducted between Aug. 8 and Wednesday last week by the online human resources advisory firm 1111 Job Bank (1111人力銀行).
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
Most players love the game because it brings back “childhood memories of Pokemon” and is fun, the poll said.
Thirty-three percent of the respondents who play the game said they purchased in-game power packs and other tools that boost gameplay, the survey found.
NOT APPROPRIATE
Fifty-one percent of respondents said that their employers have not banned the game at the office, but added that the office setting is not appropriate to play Pokemon Go, according to the survey.
The online job bank said that 10.4 percent of employers have made it clear in writing that playing the game at work is forbidden.
The poll said that 18.9 percent allow their workers to play as long as they keep it low-key.
BOSSES JOIN THE FUN
On the other hand, 8.6 percent of employers have not only encouraged their employees to play Pokemon Go, but also discussed the game with them, the survey found.
The survey showed that businesses in the public sector, traditional industries and the information technology sector are less tolerant of employees playing the game at work, while people working in the media and service sectors as well as real-estate businesses have more freedom to do so.
The survey, which collected 1,071 valid responses via e-mail, had a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of 2.99 percentage points.
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