Recently, Microsoft published Breaking down the infinite workday (via slashdot). It’s a short piece touting a larger research study. Two things really caught my attention:

Our telemetry data shows that, on average, employees using Microsoft 365 are interrupted every 2 minutes by a meeting, email, or notification.

Every 2 minutes? That’s terrible. How do people feel about the state of things?

For many, the workday now feels like navigating chaos—reacting to others’ priorities and losing focus on what matters most. In a time when every hour counts, that drift could quietly drain energy and stall business progress.

Sounds like a total shit show. This might be tolerable during work hours. But, increasingly, it doesn’t stop after punching the clock*. No matter the time or day, the notifications never cease.

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