08/05/2020

Remote Work Really Does Mean Longer Days

It also translates to more meetings

The massive global shift to remote work since the pandemic began has led to some upsides: More flexibility, no commute, more comfortable pants.

But those who sense this grand experiment in working from home also comes with plenty of downsides — longer days, more meetings and more email to answer — are now backed up by data from 3.1 million workers.

The average workday lengthened by 48.5 minutes in the weeks following stay-at-home orders and lockdowns, and the number of meetings increased by 13 percent, a working paper published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research showed.

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