What is a nice way to ask co-worker to stop socializing so much?
I've been hired at a small engineering company as the Executive Assistant and part of my job is to keep the other employees on task. There are a couple guys who like to chit chat with each other more than the owner prefers and I'm supposed to be the one to squash that. How do I politely ask my co-workers to stop talking so much about non-work related things and get back to work without sounding like a jerk?
Edit: I want to mention that he's a very good boss and does a lot for his emloyees. We have a 2nd location that he works from on the other days. He pays for all the employees to go on a company tropical vacation with apouses every year if we meet our annual sales goal. So when people are talking and not pulling their weight as much as they could be, that is part of the problem too.