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The 9-to-5 office workday is dying in America
MSN News ^
| June 28 2015
| Max Nisen
Posted on 06/28/2015 4:43:41 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
With the rise of flexible working schedules, the freelance economy, and video conferencing, more Americans are getting their jobs done without ever heading into an office, according to new data from the American Time Use Survey released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among all workers, 23% report spending all or part of their day working from home. Thats up from less than 19% in 2003, the first year for which theres comparable data.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americans; bureau; business; career; data; degrees; economy; freelance; job; labor; office; recession; schedules; traditional; work; workday; workers
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Id like a one-hour window where the same story wasnt posted here 5 times.Request denied.
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06/28/2015 7:45:12 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The new GOP slogan: "Vote for us!!! We are exactly the same as the Democrats !!!")
To: Graybeard58
" I did it for 30 plus years...................a bit tiring, to say the least. Retired now and enjoying every minute of it."
You've earned it. I've 32 years in where I'm at and 11 years in the oil patch before that. Plan to retire next year if the progressives don't wreck the nation first.
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posted on
06/28/2015 10:33:24 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: CorporateStepsister
The duration of an eight hour work day.
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06/29/2015 4:11:18 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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