Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – A recent survey by Forbes magazine found 70% of employees admitted to playing Pokémon Go while on the clock…and that could be hazardous to your paycheck.
Art Lambert with Dallas-based law firm Fisher Phillips says for one thing, the game gathers information that your boss might not want gathered.
“These apps have information-collecting mechanisms that we don’t quite understand,” said Lambert. “And even if you think you understand it today, they change; you never know what type of data they’re collecting at any given time.”
He says other reasons playing Pokémon at work can get you fired are — obviously — neglecting your work, using up company bandwidth, and looking unprofessional to clients. Safety is another big reason, as the game requires you to focus on the screen while moving around…a recipe for running into other people, things, equipment and so on. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has already banned the game at work.
For employers who have employees playing the game on the clock, his advice is simple: tell them to turn it off and get back to work.