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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
James O’Malley

Timebends: how the new world of work can help you conquer time

Young casually dressed asian woman with red headset working from home, having online meeting
For many, home or hybrid working has been a liberation from the traditional nine to five. Photograph: Studio Firma/Stocksy United

Since the advent of industrial society, the ticking of the clock has governed the world of work. We set an alarm to wake up, we clock in, we clock out, we adhere to standard business hours or specified shifts, we’re beholden to time zones, deadlines and schedules, and our meetings are typically squeezed into fixed hour-long blocks of the day.

But as businesses collectively reimagine the world post-pandemic and embrace hybrid models of working and more flexible scheduling, time no longer feels like the same constraint.

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