9-to-5 employees are interrupted every 2 minutes by meetings, emails and other pings, says Microsoft

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9-to-5 employees are interrupted every 2 minutes by meetings, emails and other pings, says Microsoft—how to focus

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The workday is full of distractions.
In fact, during the 9-to-5, employees are interrupted every two minutes by meetings, emails and other pings, according to Microsoft's recent report 2025: The Year the Frontier Firm Is Born.
And this "isn't taking into account if you have WhatsApp open…

This story appeared on cnbc.com, 2025-05-19 13:17:37.