But even before the pandemic, when only a small percentage of people were working from home, the #1 struggle people reported was knowing when to unplug. 22% of the same individuals that wanted the remote work option said they didn’t know when to log off and tune out from their office after finishing an 8-hour workday at home. Of course, during the pandemic, this inability to mentally “clock out” of work worsened. According to a survey of 2,800 workers by Los Angeles-based staffing firm Robert Half, 70% of professionals who started working from home during the pandemic say they now work on the weekends, and 45% say they regularly work more hours during the week than they did before.