Study Reveals Day Of The Week Workers Are Laziest

A new study from the Texas A&M School of Public Health has explored the days of the week which are most and least productive through examining how workers use their computers. .

“Most studies of worker productivity use employee self-reports, supervisory evaluations or wearable technology,” Dr. Mark Benden, director of the Ergonomics Center at Texas A&M, said in a news release.

“Instead, we used computer usage metrics things like typing speed, typing errors and mouse activity, to get objective, noninvasive data on computer work patterns,” Benden said.

The researchers examined the computer use of 789 employees at a large energy company for two years. They also compared computer use on different days of the week and times of the day to see if any patterns emerged.

The research showed that the least-productive time of the week is on Friday Afternoon. “We found that computer use increased during the week, then dropped significantly on Fridays,” said Dr. Taehyun Roh, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

“People typed more words and had more mouse movement, mouse clicks and scrolls every day from Monday through Thursday, then less of this activity on Friday,” Roh added. And it seems that Monday gets a bad rap, at least from a productivity point of view.

A February survey of more than 2,000 workers, conducted for Canon USA, revealed that Monday is the most productive day of the week, say 28% of workers, especially among people who consider themselves introverts (39%).

Additionally, employers who value speed or accuracy would do well to assign tasks early in the day, rather than in the afternoon. “Employees were less active in the afternoons and made more typos in the afternoons, especially on Fridays,” Roh said.

“This aligns with similar findings that the number of tasks workers complete increases steadily from Monday through Wednesday, then decreases on Thursday and Friday,” he added.

“Our study can further help business leaders as they identify strategies to optimize work performance and workplace sustainability,” Benden said. For example, flexible work arrangements like hybrid work or a four-day work week, could lead to more productive, focused employees.

The authors of the Texas A&M study noted that flexible work arrangements could boost a company’s bottom line in other ways, such as reductions in energy use and office space rental costs.

“The findings from our study can further help business leaders as they identify strategies to optimize work performance and workplace sustainability,” Benden added.

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