office worker

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The average office worker spends roughly 28% of the workweek reading and answering email, according to a 2012 study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“I probably come here every day,” said Chen, a 37-year-old office worker.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

When factories automated in the 1990s, an assembly-line employee could be retrained as an office worker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Born in Macroom, County Cork, he had a comfortable upbringing as the son of an accountant and a retired office worker, according to a profile by The Times newspaper's Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

A typical office worker was getting interrupted by various media stimulation every three minutes in 2004, according to research by Gloria Mark, a professor at the University of California at Irvine.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel