10 ways employees spent their time during the pandemic

By Alyssa Place, This is my expertise
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We had a lot of time to fill during the pandemic, as people’s routines were flipped upside down along with our sense of normalcy.

Now, nearly two years since those initial COVID lockdowns changed the way we work, communicate and live, we’ve adapted to new ways of doing things. It’s no longer odd to keep in touch with far-flung family, friends and coworkers with frequent Zoom calls, and our post-work routines include valuable hours that were previously spent with torturous commutes.

Slack data reports that 10 million people use the messaging platform daily, and spend nearly 9 hours per day connecting online. Workers typically spend around 90 minutes per day actively messaging on the app.

While Zoom has been around since 2013, usage exploded during the pandemic, with the app getting downloaded 485 million times in 2020. The platform hosted 3.3 trillion minutes of meetings in October of 2020, and over 45 billion minutes of webinar programming.

Alyssa Place
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Alyssa Place is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News and has been with the team since 2019. Her work covers mental health, DEI, women at work, financial wellness, retirement and workplace … Read full bio


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