The 21st century isn’t about work-life balance, but work-life blend with 75% of Europeans working at home and carrying out personal tasks in work hours.

1. It seems that the connected world we
inhabit, in which our portable devices
have made us always-on, has given rise
to a new ‘work life blend’, with 75% of
workers conducting personal tasks during
work time and work tasks during
personal time.
WORK-LIFE
BLEND
WORK-LIFE BLENDING
AND NEW DIGITAL SKILLS
LIFE WORK
75% of Europeans will spend UP TO AN HOUR during each work
day on such PERSONAL ERRANDS (paying bills or doing other
personal banking tasks)
Three-quarters of Europeans use work time for personal tasks
and an almost identical proportion work in their ‘free’ time.
It seems that the connected world we inhabit, in which our
portable devices have made us always-on, has given rise to a
new ‘work life blend’, with 75% of workers conducting
personal tasks during work time and work tasks during
personal time.
75%
75% 63%
65%
UP TO
60 MINS
UP TO 30 MINS
CHECKING THE
WEATHER
PAYING BILLS &
ACCESSING THEIR BANK
ACCOUNT DURING WORK
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UP TO 45 MINS
CHECKING SOCIAL
Two thirds of BRITS (65%) spend HALF AN HOUR
ONLINE SHOPPING or - that favourite British pastime
- CHECKING THE WEATHER.
BeNeLux leads the way with online bill paying and banking, with
90% of workers accessing their bank account or PAYING A BILL
ONLINE at least once per day.
90%
ITALIANS are most likely to do personal tasks in work time
(86%). Social media trumps traditional media in Italy, with
63% spending up to 45 MINUTES each day CHECKING
SOCIAL NETWORKS compared with 51% spending up to
30 minutes reading the news.