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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Laura Hampson

Working days are 46 minutes longer since start of pandemic, study finds

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The average working day is 46 minutes longer than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, new research has found.

The study of Microsoft employees found that the average working day has expanded by 13 per cent since office workers were told to work from home as Covid spread in 2020, and that there is a third “peak” of productivity at around 10pm. Time spent on after-hours work has also grown by 28 per cent.

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