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Hybrid workers are putting in 90 fewer minutes of work on Fridays – and an overall shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration

  • Written by: Christos Makridis, Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
Hybrid workers are putting in 90 fewer minutes of work on Fridays – and an overall shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaborationIt gets lonely if you stick around an office until late afternoon on Fridays.Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty Images

Do your office, inbox and calendar feel like a ghost town on Friday afternoons? You’re not alone.

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