Let’s be real: It’s Thursday, but you’re already thinking about the weekend. Specifically, tomorrow—and what time you’re going to slink out of the office.
[Editors’s Note] Many moons ago the top brains at Ashridge Management College were emphatic that non work Friday afternoons would be 100% within five years. It never happened obviously.
Will it come true in the next five years?
Come summer, nobody is actually working on Friday afternoons. By tomorrow morning, workers are already day-dreaming about slipping away early. That’s why Sabina Gault, who runs a public relations firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, decided to formally give her employees that already slow afternoon off.
“Everyone just wants to get out,” she said. “Winter is miserable, it’s just a nightmare. In the summer, we’re so happy to get out early and enjoy an ice cream. It’s not life changing but it’s so much fun to be able to get out of the office at 2 p.m.”