Another reason to prefer freelancing

New toilet designed to become unbearable to sit on after five minutes

The toilet has been sloped at 13 degrees as it is inconvenient for the employee but not harmful, in fact it could have some health benefits around improving posture, according to Mr Gill.

'Anything higher would cause wider problems. Thirteen degrees is not too inconvenient, but you'd soon want to get off the seat'.

StandardToilet say their sloped solution would help to reduce employees social media use and improve productivity by cutting down on toilet time.

Not everybody agrees that toilet time is time wasted. 

'Viewing time spent in the toilet as a threat is the wrong way of looking at the issue entirely,' Charlotte Jones, co-author of the Around the Toilet project, told Wired. 

'I think the importance of the toilet as a refuge during the workday says more about inadequate workspaces, heavy workloads and unsupportive management than it does about the workers themselves.'