That Friday feeling
Matthew Case
Helping brands evolve, grow and achieve business success with high quality solutions in branding, website design and build, marketing strategy development and implementation.
Congratulations everyone! You’ve nearly made it to the weekend, and you’ve got that Friday feeling. This time tomorrow you will be as free as a bird, possibly enjoying a drink, but certainly far away from work thoughts and the desk.
However, the weekend is much closer than you think.
According to a recent study conducted by British Airways, we switch off and mentally begin our weekend glee at 02:30pm on Fridays.
A note to employers; No matter how lovely you are, your minions are highly unlikely to be as productive past this time. 6 out of 10 worker bees feel entitled to take their foot off the gas in the afternoon, and the general consensus is to put at least three tasks on hold until Monday.
I think we can all admit (bosses included), that Friday has a certain air of fun. Everyone has been working on those bags under the eyes all week, and Friday is the ray of light, the impending days of work immunity, the time to do whatever our happy little feet want to.
When stressful things happen during our working week, we move hell and high water to rectify the issue, fearing that such an issue may follow us into the next working day. Whereas Friday offers us all that comforting blanket of knowing that such an issue can be put to the back of our minds for two whole days.
Research by Employersafe found that more workers see Friday afternoon as an unofficial mini holiday, and that revenue lost in this festive feeling rates insignificantly to the forthcoming relaxation mindset.
The moral 0f the story here (and for all to take heed of), is that there’s no point in feeling guilty about the Friday afternoon switch-off. It’s not that we are slacking off, in fact its actually extremely crucial for employee bonding.
So… embrace the Friday love.
And remember… don’t bother trying to contact me today, let’s talk Monday.
Helping brands evolve, grow and achieve business success with high quality solutions in branding, website design and build, marketing strategy development and implementation.
8 年William, Thank you for your input. Its an interesting point you raise... how 'do' we get round the loss of productivity at this time of the week? I guess the answers really lye in how a team opts to work.. in example; a team could increase the usual working day hours to compensate for this loss of productivity... or... a more relaxed environment, with more open acceptance of workers arriving to work in the mornings, instilling a much more relaxed tone in the office, thus workers actually choosing to work longer in the end of the day (as it becomes more of a social place of work with happier staff)... Ultimately, nobody knows the answer to this conundrum. But then from another standpoint, some could say that we work hard enough in this country, and this relatively small aspect of being more relaxed with our teams on a friday, is actually warranted and desired for all workers.
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8 年I like the principle and can certainly relate to the end of week slow down. However, should we now move to the next level of maturity and embrace the research. close the doors at 14:30.... As a previous business owner and now managing a large team I am struggling with the loss of productivity and revenue that can be generated during the time lag. Maybe high energy workshops and coaching sessions are more apt?