Working Capital

The Post-Covid Workday Is Both Shorter and More Productive

A worker arrives at the lobby of the One Five One office building in New York.

Photographer: Ismail Ferdous/Bloomberg
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This month marks the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdowns that shuttered schools, stadiums and offices in the US and elsewhere. Those early pandemic days are hazy, but one thing I do clearly recall is working endlessly from a very non-ergonomic dining room chair.