Hitting snooze: 50% of employees want to try ‘chronoworking’

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Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, most people have to tailor their wake windows around a traditional 9-to-5. Yet a new flexible work strategy could mark the end of synchronized start and end times for entire organizations.  

Eighty-seven percent of employees are interested in “chronoworking” — where companies allow workers to choose their hours according to their natural sleeping patterns —according to a survey from recruiting company Robert Walters. Almost half of employees feel this kind of arrangement would improve their mental health.

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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