[groby_b]

> Work expands to fill available time. Will my employee use that time to the company’s advantage?

Take a management class or three, it'll save you a lot of money.

Seriously. If that needs to figure into the evaluation of the service, something is deeply broken in the culture of your company. Not because employees goof off - it happens, and only some amount of that is under your control. But because you assume that given any chance, people would goof off more.

That's far from normal. It usually happens if employees feel mistreated, or if they're not given a fair share of the value they create. Possibly if they're already halfway to leaving.

[projektfu]

You’re adding value judgements into it that are not there. A person can be working, accomplishing the same amount, and take 35 or 40 hours to do the task, without goofing off.

[groby_b]

They can also go home. They can tackle other work. The fact that they don't is a reflection of the work culture. You're right, I judge that.