American workers are now clocking off work an hour earlier on a Friday than they were in 2021.
The average employee now signs off at 4.03pm on the last day of the working week... that’s according to analysis of 75,000 workers by analytics firm ActivTrak.
This is compared to 5.01pm in 2021, when many people were working from home during the pandemic lockdowns, making it easier for work to blend into evenings.
Employees are also finishing work earlier across the rest of the week.
While in 2021, the average worker was signing off after 5.30pm Monday through Thursday, they are now finishing as early as 4.45pm in the early stages of the week.
In the third quarter of 2023, Americans typically clocked off at 5.14pm on a Thursday and 5.11pm on a Wednesday.
On Mondays, Americans typically left the office or shut their laptops at 4.53pm. But the earliest time was on a Tuesday, when the average worker quit at 4.45pm.
It comes as employers and workers debate the benefits and pitfalls of working from home, compared to hybrid work schedules.
