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Forget a 9 to 5, many employees are adopting a 'triple peak' workday

The formal end of the workday may soon be a thing of the past. More and more people are working in three shifts-before lunch, after lunch and in the late evening.

These new work habits form a “triple peak” workday, according to research from Microsoft.

Derek Thompson, staff writer at the Atlantic, joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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