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Rise of the «Infinite Workday» – 40% of Employees Check Email Before 6 a.m., Evening Meetings Up 16%
Microsoft news | 17/6/25

Professionals, including Swiss workers, …

Why include them?

… are experiencing an «infinite workday» with 40% checking email before 6 a.m. and meetings after 8 p.m. increasing 16% year-over-year, according to a new Microsoft Work Trend Index Special Report released today. The global study, which analyzed trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals, including Switzerland …

in case you were wondering, “Is Switzerland included in those trillions of signals?”

… among the 31,000 knowledge workers across 31 markets surveyed, reveals how the traditional 9-to-5 workday has evolved into a continuous cycle of digital communication.

At IMAO we outsource communications to you, and pass the savings on to . . . um, interns!

The average employee …

Didn’t it deal with us exceptional ones?

… now receives 117 emails and 153 Teams messages daily, with Tuesday emerging as the week’s busiest day for meetings (23%). [Oppo’s Ed. Note: Dilbert had a funny cartoon where the boss was shocked to hear that 40% of sick days were taken on Mondays or Fridays.] The report identifies a «triple peak» workday pattern, with nearly a third (29%) of active workers returning to their inboxes by 10 p.m.

Returning? That’s when I first check my inbox.

How much time is lost converting quotation marks to weirdo Swiss “<<“s and “>>”s?

Weekend work is also on the rise, …

Like a bad moon. Don’t go ’round tonight!

… with 20% of employees actively working on weekends checking email before noon on Saturday and Sunday.

Suckers. Or, suck-ups.

The study reveals that employees are interrupted every two minutes –

As in this post?

— 275 times per day – by meetings, emails or chat notifications. Half of all meetings occur during peak productivity hours (9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.), leaving little room for deep focus work. Additionally, 57% of meetings are ad hoc calls without calendar invites, and PowerPoint edits spike 122% in the final 10 minutes before meetings.

Ad hoc meeting, after you read this!