Desk Workers Spend Nearly 100 Hours a Week on Screens, Reducing Productivity, VSP Vision Care Research Shows

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.—VSP Vision Care has released new research revealing a concerning trend: desk workers are now getting nearly 100 hours of screen time each week, with work accounting for a substantial portion of that time. In fact, on weekdays, desk workers report spending 93 percent of their waking hours looking at screens. The majority (71 percent) are experiencing performance impacts due to screen-related visual discomfort, reporting nearly a full workday of lost productivity each week, the research revealed.