Microsoft studied worker brains during endless meetings. The results are stressful

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If you are among the workers who live in fear of the stacked blocks in your Microsoft Outlook calendar detailing back-to-back meetings, this new discovery wont surprise you, but we still need science to confirm what we all abundantly, anecdotally knew. "Our research shows breaks are important, not just to make us less exhausted by the end of the day, but to actually improve our ability to focus and engage while in those meetings," said Michael Bohan, senior director of Microsofts Human Factors Engineering group in a new report. Multiple recent research projects at Microsoft have uncovered ways in which remote work is taking a toll on wellbeing, or as Spataro wrote: "Digital overload is real, and something has to change." Microsoft has been concerned about engagement as remote work extends beyond a year from the moment last March when the Covid pandemic upended traditional office culture. "Outlook and Microsoft Teams are used by millions of people around the world, and this small change can help customers develop new cultural norms and improve wellbeing for everyone."

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