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$\"\"$ <\/a>From USAToday<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Are you seeing\/experiencing this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>As general sales manager for\u00a0Clear Channel Communications<\/a> here, Mary George Meiners used to take leisurely lunches with clients and associates \u2014 until an increasingly busy schedule robbed her of the time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now Meiners usually just buys a sandwich and eats it at her desk.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s busier all the way around,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of our clients are business owners, and they\u2019re slammed; our media buyers are slammed. Everybody\u2019s trying to be more productive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Recent national surveys underscore the change.<\/em><\/p>\n

Only a third of American workers say they take a lunch break, according to a Web survey conducted last year by Right Management, a human resources consulting firm. The survey also found that 65% of workers eat at their desks or don\u2019t take a break at all.<\/em><\/p>\n

CareerBuilder, another employment consultant, found that less than one-fifth of executives surveyed ate lunch at a sit-down restaurant, about 40% take a brown-bag lunch and 17% eat fast food.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lawyer Keith Hunter agreed that lunches with colleagues seem like a thing of the past.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYears ago, partners would go to lunch with associates, make a point of saying, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s do lunch,\u2019 not one but a whole group of lawyers, and I just don\u2019t see it as much,\u201d said Hunter, who works at the Zielke law firm\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

Experts say taking an uninterrupted meal break is healthy, increases job efficiency and improves morale, benefiting both employees and their companies. Research on creativity and productivity \u201cshows a lot of good stuff comes about when employees get away from their work and their desks, and smart managers and smart companies find a way to make that happen,\u201d Sussman said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"