The traditional ‘nine to five’ working day will be gone within a decade, new research suggests.
The research, by Lexmark, concluded that workers currently spend an average of just under eight and a half hours a day in the office.
However, 65% of those surveyed believe the rigid ‘nine to five’ will soon become outdated due to new mobile technology making it possible to work outside of the office.
British professionals currently spend an average of one hour and seven minutes per day working at home on top of the normal working day, according to Lexmark.
One in five surveyed, said they now work more productively at home than they do in the office
“The working day is undergoing massive change as we become more productive,” said Matthew Yarrow, director of Lexmark’s consumer printer division.
“In ten years time, the working day may become unrecognisable from today. New technology means we can work wherever and whenever we please.
“For some of us this means adding more hours to the working day when we get home, whilst for others it means greater flexibility between the standard working hours of 9 to 5.”
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