💼 Stat of the Day: American outies employees are taking more time to enjoy their nights after work, according to a new analysis of ~200,000 employees by productivity software and workforce analytics company ActivTrak.

• The average US workday this quarter ends at 4:39 PM, nearly an hour earlier than three years ago, when the typical log-off time stood at 5:28 PM.
• In terms of duration, the average employee workday stood at 8 hours, 41 minutes last quarter (not including breaks) – down from 9 hours, 32 minutes in Q1 2022.

But…this doesn’t mean workers are acting like Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (you’re a slacker, McFly!). Though weekday hours worked declined, overall productivity during the same time period increased by ~2%. ActivTrak attributes this to more workers prioritizing flexibility and clocking in on the weekends.

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