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Meet ‘Microshifting,’ the Work Trend That Could Help You Get More Done

Microshifting breaks up the workday around your most productive hours. A career expert explains the benefits and limitations.

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You’ve heard the saying: work smarter, not harder. Why cram several hours of work into an eight-hour day when you can hustle during productive blocks of time? This practice, known as microshifting, is taking over the business world—and for good reason.

What Is Microshifting?

According to Toni Frana, Career Expert at FlexJobs, “Microshifting is a practice where employees are splitting their workday between blocks of time to complete work requirements and blocks of time used for various activities outside of work.”

“Rather than a workday happening in 8 or 9 consecutive hours, this practice may look like a few hours of work in the morning, an hour or so off in the middle of the day, a bit of work in the afternoon before another break, and then wrapping up the........

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