Half-Past Four is the New Five O’Clock in More Efficient Workday
Seasonal fluctuations are another notable factor, the report found. Workers tend to put in longer hours during August and December.
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The average American workday now concludes at 4:39 p.m., a notable 42 minutes earlier than it did just two years ago when the clock-out time hovered around 5:21 p.m, according to the latest data from the workforce analytics and productivity software company ActivTrak.
The new report tracked the workplace behaviors of over 200,000 employees across 777 companies. Despite the shorter workday, the data suggests that overall productivity has increased by about 2%. Per ActivTrak, employees now engage in focused, 24-minute spurts of productivity.