Workdays have gotten shorter?!

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💻 Workdays have gotten shorter AND more productive

❌ Latest in layoffs

But first, MEMES!

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Work

Working hours down, productivity up

While the average workday is about 36 minutes shorter than in recent years, it is also 2% more productive, according to a March 11 report from ActivTrak Productivity Lab. ActivTrak used anonymized user activity behavior recorded from 2022 through 2024 for its dataset, representing 218,900 employees across 777 companies.

An average productive session increased from 20 minutes to 24 minutes, according to the report, while 70% of employees surveyed also reported healthy work patterns — the highest level in three years, ActivTrak said. Remote-only workers led the way in productivity compared to other worker types, according to the data, with productive sessions of 29 minutes or more. Please show this report to your boss who just implemented an RTO mandate…

A Robert Half study from August 2024 noted that productivity had been increasing but that employees were working longer hours — which was cause for concern, a Robert Half executive said at the time. Workers in that survey said hybrid arrangements would help them feel more engaged and productive.

The report noted that artificial intelligence tool use corresponded with longer work days and lower focus time, but also more collaboration time and more multitasking.

Layoffs

The latest in layoffs, per MacroEdge

• Walgreens begins shuttering 500 stores before August.

• Audi to cut 7,500 jobs.

• Social Security Administration to cut its phone support.

• The Commerce Department is seeking to reduce its workforce by 20%—nearly 10,000 employees.

• Johns Hopkins aid groups to lay off more than 2,000 amid Trump cuts.

• Dollar General to Close Over 100 Stores in the coming weeks.

• USPS plans to reduce workforce by 10,000 employees, according to a memo.

• Puma to cut hundreds of jobs.

• Porsche Plans 3,900 Job Cuts in Efficiency Drive.

• Bank of America cuts investment banking roles, including in New York, impacting analysts and associates.

• HP Enterprise to cut 2,500 jobs.

• German logistics giant DHL to cut 8,000 jobs.

• VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year.

  

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