Friday is no longer just another day at work!
It all started with “Friday wear”…
We were already familiar with “Friday wear”—this trend of wearing casual attire on Fridays, the eve of the weekend—a micro-revolution in certain stuffy, tie-wearing professional circles that brought a breath of fun and freshness to companies around the world in the early 2000s.
On this blessed day for remote workers…
Remote work—a period that changed everything! While Mondays and Wednesdays have their fans, Friday is overwhelmingly favored by employees and employers alike as a day to work from home. Now, another threat to Friday is rearing its head: the 4-day workweek! Among the companies and countries that have tested it, guess which day of the week is most often chosen as the day off? Friday—again!
Is Friday the new Saturday?
No need to get too excited—the widespread adoption of the 4-day workweek isn’t happening anytime soon, Friday isn’t yet the third day of the weekend, but ridership on the metro and RER has dropped by 15% on Fridays. Beyond the numbers, you just have to take a bus or drive around any major city on a Friday to see that it’s no longer just another day!
Are companies losing out?
On this topic, studies and opinions differ. A study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is frequently cited: when working remotely, people reportedly work two hours less. However, the National Productivity Council estimates that in France, increasing the share of remote workers to 25% over the next 20 years could boost the French economy’s productivity by between 5% and 9%! Maybe that’s the secret to working from home and taking it easy on Fridays: we work less… but we work better! Until the day when, perhaps, we won’t work at all
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