The two pie charts illustrate the proportion of time used for six different activities in US workers in 1980 and 2000.
Overall, the most noticeable change was in computer activity, while the time spent on paper document and phone calls declined. Coffee breaks was common slightly, whereas meetings and filing accounted for smaller proportions.
In 1980, the time used for phone calls showed the considerable growth at around 30%. By contrast, the computer hit a low of percentage at around 2%. Paper document was the second highest figure at about 20%. Employees spent 15% on coffee breaks and 18% on meetings, and 10% on filing.
By 2000, the pattern had changes significantly. The time spent on computer showed a clear increase from 2% to 30%, while paper document fell dramatically from 20% to 10%. Although, phone calls declined from 30% to 17% and meetings dip slightly from 18% to 15%. Meanwhile, coffee breaks rose moderately from 15% to 20%, becoming the second largest category in 2000.
