workday lasted 48.5 minutes longer, the number of meetings increased about 13% and people sent an average of 1.4 more emails per day to their colleagues.In a few cities, such as Los Angeles and Chicago, the average workday length returned to its pre-pandemic levels.
But longer days persisted in New York City, San Jose and most of Europe well into May.“People have adjusted their work patterns," said Jeff Polzer, a professor in the organizational behavior department at Harvard Business School, one of the study’s five co-authors.During the two month time frame, there was one part of working that did improve: Those additional meetings were shorter, according to the analysis by researchers at Harvard Business School and New York University.