IS "OUT TO LUNCH" BECOMING OUT OF FAVOR?

If your lunch hour consists of alternating between e-mail responses and bites of your turkey sandwich, you are not alone. In a nationwide consumer survey developed by OfficeTeam, a staffing service specializing in highly skilled administrative professionals, 19% of respondents said that they work through lunch every day, while 43% do so at least once a week.

"Demands for increased employee productivity continue to escalate, which has many workers relying on the quiet time during the lunch hour to make progress on critical tasks," notes Diane Domeyer, executive director of OfficeTeam. While it is...