Three Hours Longer, the COVID-19 Pandemic Workday Endangering Work-Life Balance

By Michelle Davis and Jeff Green
Bloomberg

An executive at JPMorgan Chase & Co. gets unapologetic messages from colleagues on nights and weekends, including a notably demanding one on Easter. A web designer whose bedroom doubles as an office has to set an alarm to remind himself to eat during his nonstop workday. At Intel Corp., a vice president with four kids logs 13-hour days while attempting to juggle her parenting duties and her job.

Seven weeks into a nationwide work-from-home experiment with no end in sight, whatever boundaries remained between work and life have almost entirely disappeared.

With many living a few steps from their offices, America’s always-on work culture has reached new heights. The 9-to-5 workday, or any semblance of it, seems like a relic of a bygone era. Long gone are the regretful formalities for calling or emailing at inappropriate times. Burned-out employees feel like they have even less free time than when they wasted hours commuting.

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