Work from home study published
- Survey research published by Harvard Business Review
- Studied all the employees that Microsoft sent home to work remotely
- “People were ‘on’ four more hours a week, on average”
- Work days on average are now longer
- People were taking time out during the day for things like:
- Walking dog
- Teaching child
- Other domestic essentials
- Employees spent 10% more time in meetings on average
- When working in office, use of office Instant Messages to communicate between employees slows down by 25% during lunchtime
- When working from home, only went down 10%
- Usage increases 52% between 6pm and midnight (primarily bosses checking on employees
