Weekend Work Is on the Rise
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Here's your money briefing for Thursday, April 6th. I'm J.R. Whelan for The Wall Street Journal. Before we get started into today's topic, we want to let you know about our new series, Under Contract, your guide to home buying. New episodes drop every Friday in April. During the height of the pandemic, when many workers were stuck at home, working on the weekend became the norm. Two years later, that weekend work hasn't stopped.
You know, it's the tradeoff for hybrid schedules that allow for mid-morning gym time, afternoon school pickups, dog walks, grocery store runs. Employees are moving fluidly between work and personal time in shorter bursts across all seven days of the week.
Is it the end of the weekend as we know it? We'll talk to WSJ's Anne-Marie Chaker after the break.
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As if the frenetic pace of the Monday through Friday work week isn't enough, working on the weekend is on the rise. So why can't some employees put down their phone and their laptop? And what does it mean for the very real issues of work-life balance and burnout? WSJ contributor Anne-Marie Chaker looked into this, and she joins me now. Hey, Anne-Marie, thanks for being with us. Hi, nice to be here. So, Anne-Marie, is this the end of the traditional weekend as we know it?
It's really interesting. We looked at a big study of about 134,000 employees at more than 900 organizations, which found that people now work an average of 6.6 hours on the weekend, almost a full workday, which is up 5% from a year ago. It's a huge sea change as people make work really their own, and it shows a move from the fixed workday to something that looks a lot more flexible. The pandemic played a big role in this. Work patterns have exploded in the past several years, and it's what many call a work equation. What they want from work and what they're willing to give up in return has changed. So you really have this massive shift. People are figuring out what works for them, and organizations have policies embracing more flexible work arrangements.
But why is the weekend work on the rise now?
You know, it's the tradeoff for hybrid schedules that allow for mid-morning gym time, afternoon school pickups, dog walks, grocery store runs. Employees are moving fluidly between work and personal time in shorter bursts across all seven days of the week.
All right. But if somebody gets an email from the boss, say on a Saturday afternoon, does that put the employee in a tight spot?
How did weekend work become more common during the pandemic?
You know, they want to enjoy the weekend, but they don't want to be seen as avoiding the boss, especially when we live in a world where we're almost always connected.
Yeah. Consultants and workplace productivity thinkers say it's something that employees have to be really clear about. So I spoke to a woman who manages 30 people at a law firm in Fairfax, Virginia. She's a mom of three and typically works three to six hours on the And laptops and handheld devices make it really tempting to fill in work whenever possible.
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