Every tenth employee can afford to sleep during working hours.

Today, 47% of Russians still try to clearly separate work and personal. But almost the same number (38%) admit that the boundaries are blurring — and this requires a constant search for balance. Every seventh employee lives in a mode of complete mixing of work and life. LAMPA analysts told Izvestia about this on July 18 and hh.ru .

"Work-life blend is an approach that has replaced work—life balance, in which work and personal life are not strictly delimited, but are intertwined and coexist. In this format, a person can do personal business during the day and respond to work messages in the evening," the study said.

So, 21% of Russians actually notice that the boundaries between work and personal life are becoming more blurred. Some people find it convenient and go about their personal business during the day (25% do this). And someone is faced with overload and feels that work takes up all their personal space (24%).

Analysts have found that Work-life blend is more common in professions where there was initially more freedom in organizing working hours. Specialists in the fields of tourism/restaurants (16%), top management (12%) and transport/logistics (11%) are more likely to perceive the mixing of roles as a convenience. But representatives of the working professions (68%), medicine (58%) and construction (54%) are more likely than others to maintain the traditional division of spheres.

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Applicants are more likely to focus on higher education rather than secondary vocational education, analysts have noted.

Despite the fact that most doctors clearly distinguish between work and personal, 15% said that work and life are one, and it's exhausting. Also, lawyers (17%) and communicators (marketing, advertising, PR) -13% turned out to be the professions whose representatives feel the overload more than others and consider the work-life blend exhausting.

As the boundaries between professional and personal life blur, everyday activities increasingly creep into the workday. The study revealed the top 5 personal matters that Russians do while working: 78% respond to personal messages in messengers, 25% go on business (doctors, bank, MFC), 20% sit on social networks and watch entertainment content, 15% turn on TV series or videos in the background, engage in household chores (cleaning, laundry, cooking) — 14%.

"An interesting fact: one in ten employees (9%) admitted that they can afford a short nap during working hours. Moreover, 5% of office workers do this, which means that even the usual workspace does not guarantee full engagement. However, the Far East holds the absolute record for daytime sleep: 23% of respondents admitted that they can afford to rest in the middle of the day," the analysts said.

The results of the study showed another curious paradox: those who work in an office are more likely than others to conduct personal correspondence during working hours: 83% of office employees are more likely to respond to personal messages compared to 65% of remote workers.

"In today's communication environment, work is indeed increasingly becoming a constant mental background — and that's not bad in itself. But that is why it is critically important that companies help employees consciously build a work rhythm," says Varvara Nikiforova, HR generalist at LAMPA International communications agency.

On July 2, it was reported that the number of vacancies for office work in the IT sector exceeded 236 thousand, which is 34% more than in 2024. Meanwhile, the number of vacancies on the remote site has declined since the beginning of 2025.