7 bad workplace habits you need to stop doing

4. Cut down on social media

Social media at work wastes time. It’s inarguable. However, curbing social media time will improve your productivity and help you speak to the, uh, real people around you. It will also serve to protect your professional status.

5. Stagnating

If you’re bored at work, it might be time to learn a new skill. Speak to other teams, see how their role fits in with yours. Work hard on a skill that could inform your own job – even if it seems tangentially linked. Down time at work can be put to good, and informative, uses. It doesn’t just have to be endless trawling of social media, hoping for something new to happen.