"Something that Owl Labs calls "microshifting." You may know it simply as breaking up your day as you see fit, taking an hour or so to run an errands or recharge when you need and returning to your work whenever suits you best. Whether you use the latest business jargon for microshifting or not, it's clear it's popular with employees. 65 percent said they'd like to work this way and 37 percent said they would turn down a job that did not provide flexible scheduling. But experts suggest workers should be careful what they wish for."
"Back in 2022 Microsoft researchers looking at data on the use of the company's products documented the rise of what they called the 'triple peak day.' Workers, the numbers showed, were most active on their computers before lunch and after lunch. That's as you'd expect from a traditional office workday. But there was a new third spike in the usage data too. Many of us were logging in during the quiet hours right before bed."
Workers and managers are already clashing over both where work happens and when it happens. An Owl Labs survey of 2,000 U.S. workers found almost half lacked flexibility around working hours. Microshifting means breaking the day for errands or rest and returning to work later, and 65 percent of workers said they would like to work this way. Thirty-seven percent said they would turn down a job without flexible scheduling. The trend toward flexible timing grew after the pandemic, and 2022 Microsoft data showed a new late-night spike dubbed the 'triple peak day.'
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