Remote jobs have some workers feeling like college kids again: They play in the afternoon and work at night

Sat, 03/18/2023 - 07:15

doing a face mask during work — Some remote workers are doing anything but work in the afternoons, Stanford researchers found.
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New research has found that working from home has created a boom in weekday golfing.
While remote workers are hitting the green on weekday afternoons, productivity isn't dropping.
That's good news for leisure businesses and shows remote work has changed people's work structures.

"Don't people have jobs? Why is it so busy out today?" one TikToker lip-syncs in a video while holding an iced coffee. The caption that reads, "Me, a 9-5 corporate working woman, at Sephora at 2:24 PM on a Thursday."