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Nine to five? No we’re working eight to eight – new survey

  • 46 per cent describe their phone/tablet as an umbilical chord to the office
  • The average person first checks their emails at 7.45am and last at 7.46pm
  • British employees are working longer than ever, with the traditional nine-to-five day moving closer to eight-to-eight, according to new research.

    Workers are more tethered to the office than ever by a technological umbilical cord, with most still checking emails well into the evening, the survey found.

    The typical employee also puts in an average of four hours at the weekend, and one in three does not even switch off on holiday.

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