The remote working revolution triggered by the pandemic initially promised a grand new epoch for the world of work. Instead, we’re working more hours than we did before. According to a survey by the work management platform Asana, 87% of workers are working late – on average two hours a day.
With all this work you’d assume we’re at least smashing our productivity goals. But more time working doesn’t always equal more work completed. The survey also revealed that just 26% of our work life is spent on the jobs we were hired to do, with 60% of our time spent on “work about work” – meetings about upcoming tasks, admin, and checking emails for updates on projects.
It doesn’t have to be like this, there is an answer to our productivity pains and there’s finally an end in sight to that medley of meetings. But before we get to the solutions, let’s see how much assistance you need. Take our quiz to find out your working style …
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