Three quarters of the mobile workforce is working longer hours as a result of their mobile life, according to a new study by iPass. 

The survey, which questioned 3,100 mobile workers across the globe, found that 38 per cent of mobile workers work before their commute, 25 per cent work during their commute, 37 per cent work during lunch, and 37 per cent work at night on every day. More than half (55 per cent) reported that they work at least 10 more hours as a result of “mobile workshifting”.

For the purposes of the survey, a “mobile worker” is defined as anyone that uses a mobile connected device for the purposes of work. 

However, mobile workers are achieving a better work/life balance as a result of their mobile working practices, according to the iPass study, which is carried out quarterly. 

It was only this May that an iPass survey found that 61 per cent of mobile workers sleep with their phones by the bed, but the latest survey indicated that mobile workers are starting to let go of work once in a while. 

64 per cent of mobile workers reported an improved work/life balance and more than half (51 per cent) felt more relaxed as a result of flexible work. 78 per cent reported increased efficiency. 

“Even though mobile workers are putting in more hours, we are starting to see the pendulum swing back to the centre on disconnecting, with 68 per cent of mobile workers disengaging from technology occasionally to spend time with their families,” says Barbara Nelson, chief technology officer at iPass. “It appears that the mobile workforce is getting a better hold on their work-life balance.”