on company time
idiom
US
: the time during which a company is paying a worker
Please do not make personal calls (when you are) on company time.
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What’s really bothering the boss of Bolt, however, is the feeling that employees are effectively taking holidays on company time.
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Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Oct. 2024
Businesses also often cover expenses, like meals and transport, paid for on company time.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Aug. 2024
Some people become unmotivated to finish their work, start job hunting on company time or even do something malicious, such as copying files or deleting code.
—Erin Imhof, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
One way companies can support team wellness is to give them the time to learn about general business, together, on company time.
—Amy Osmond Cook, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
Department stores also refused to give the union organizers their legal right to address employees on company time.
—Michael Lisicky, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
On Friday, Lions wide receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill were suspended six games for placing bets on sporting events (but not football) while on company time.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023
Last year, in Georgia, DeKalb County’s sanitation department offered employees without high school diplomas an opportunity to take virtual classes on company time.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
Five years later, Smith & Wesson struck a deal for a patent with Rollin White, a former Colt employee who had secretly developed his own revolving cylinder on company time.
—Mark Yost, WSJ, 18 May 2022
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Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Oct. 2024
Businesses also often cover expenses, like meals and transport, paid for on company time.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Aug. 2024
Some people become unmotivated to finish their work, start job hunting on company time or even do something malicious, such as copying files or deleting code.
—Erin Imhof, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
One way companies can support team wellness is to give them the time to learn about general business, together, on company time.
—Amy Osmond Cook, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
Department stores also refused to give the union organizers their legal right to address employees on company time.
—Michael Lisicky, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
On Friday, Lions wide receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill were suspended six games for placing bets on sporting events (but not football) while on company time.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023
Last year, in Georgia, DeKalb County’s sanitation department offered employees without high school diplomas an opportunity to take virtual classes on company time.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
Five years later, Smith & Wesson struck a deal for a patent with Rollin White, a former Colt employee who had secretly developed his own revolving cylinder on company time.
—Mark Yost, WSJ, 18 May 2022
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