Things like this generally depend on your attitude and expections. 

Some can make it a productive day, others will sit around whining about forced floor time.

I get at least a few sales a year from it.

In the old days, it was a great way to save on the expense of a secretary!  Now days, why even have a store front?

Very passive way to generate business.  I would take those 2 hours and make phone calls or send out hand written notes. (IMHO)

Not compelled to answer since I won't do it anymore

My very first closing came from floor duty.  That's the only real success I recall other than having some focused time to address some projects. 

It's part of the training for new agents.  Forces them to come to work.  It's what you make of it.

We have an amazing location as well for floor. We get a number of calls, but often the best floor is walk-ins. The most we have been told in our typical 3 hour shifts have been 5 distinct clients from whom we have gotten names and contact information.  We close floor leads all the time.

In the old days it was fantastic. My entire career launched as the result of a spectacular floor call. Then cell phones came along and that was the end of that! I never do it anymore.

My company has no floor duty. Our agents are busy selling homes and taking care of clients.... we don't waste their time. And we don't have any real walk-in business either.

When I was actively doing floor time I would be happy with 4 leads in 2 hours! I used to generate 5-7 buyer sales a year when I did floor time (a 2-hour stint each week). Now I give the majority of my buyer leads to my assistant so she does all my floor time. Her results the last 2 years have been similar to what I used to get.

Floor duty provides some real opportunities in my office.  Some of the calls are about rentals, but certainly not all of them!

I stopped doing it long ago and now have my own firm. When I did do it, results were poor, although I did get some clients that way. Generally, I think it could be a waste of time, but I always found productive things to do when in the office.

Our office sent the calls to the agents sign now.

Ok, not answering - but I want the ponts :)

Most offices today forward calls to the listing agent. If they do, you are free labor!

Since we do not have a physical retail location it is a non-issue. Many years ago when I was with Re/Max, I did have walk-ins, but that was when the public depended more on agents for information. Today? FORGETABOUTIT!

My office does not have any floor duty. I think, in my area, most offices do not have it anymore. 

Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 - I have never done floor duty! And I am okay with that.

Our floor duty is not traditional. We can be on floor from anymore and don't sit in the office. I get calls and respond. I have gotten leads and sales on several occasions and don't regret having accepted floor duty...

My office has a high volume of walk in traffic. I do take floor time. 

We have a whole group of newer agents in our office I leave the floor for them and I do not take it, haven't for years.

in my office floor duty is an 8 hour day.  Agents get drive in traffic, they get all internet leads for the day and all calls.  I would say an agent get 3 sales a month from floor duty in my office on average.

We have it in our office and the results are 2 calls in a 2-2.5 hour slot, with 80% chance that they are rental calls. As for walk-in traffic we may have 1 every 3-4 weeks.

I don't maintain an office as no one wants to sit in it for any period because not many people walk in.

WE rotate the office phone to all the agents and any call that comes in not assking for a certain person is taken as a floor call

In resort areas or second home areas it probably works. We bought a condo in Jupiter Florida becasue someone was on duty.

When I started 10+ years ago, it was the best way to get new business. Today it would say it's not worth the time.

We now do rotation calls only Annette. We don't have as many agents as you but we have a roster that the secretaries go down the list. If you refuse a rental or can't help someone for whatever reason you are bumped & go to the bottom of the pile. Lose your turn.

We have lots of support staff that does stuff so no need for us to be in office.

No one wants to just sit there & answer phones or be trapped in the office being unproductive.

I think floor duty and generic calls give newly licensed agents business....nothing wrong with it....

One call, right time, right place and it could be your ship. You never know. Would I do it? Unless I am in that situation, the answer remains unknown

4 leads, 2 hours, heck yeah!