The recent release of the American Time Use Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics made a lot of heads look over as, to some, it seemed to answer the question of whether people worked as much at home as in the office.
"Americans are apparently getting lazier—at least according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics," wrote Barron's. "In its American Time Use Survey, released this past week, the BLS found that Americans working full time from home—33% in 2022, up from 25% in 2019—put in 2.5 hours fewer a day than their colleagues at the office."
The publication went on to quote DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas as having written, "It's no wonder labor force productivity has been negative for the past five straight quarters amid office occupancy that remains at sub-50% in the largest U.S. cities."
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