In 2025, the traditional “9 to 5” is looking a little more as a “8 to 4”

Active Sorting of 2025 the state of the workplace The report revealed that the average day of American work is ending around 4:39 pm and starting at around 8am, meanwhile, the report notes that two years ago, people were not leaving their tables (or home offices) by about 5:21 in the afternoon

“These are healthy numbers,” said Gabriela MauchActivetrak productivity lab head, for Bloomberg. “We have adapted on average with a traditional work day while offering flexibility and fluidity in a way that meets employees where they are.”

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Activtrak looked at data for about 200,000 employees working in 777 companies, following workplace behaviors from productivity explosions at the time. The data found that productivity has increased by about 2%, and employees tend to work in 24-minute production explosions.

The months with the largest working hours (about nine days on average) were August and December. Mauch pointed to Bloomberg that August was due to a rush of work after the break and December due to the end of the year. February and October, meanwhile, had the shortest length of work day (8 hours and 35 minutes), according to the report.

And in spite Great rest for returning to the officeThe report found a great victory for completely distant employees: they are the most productive workers.

“Workers alone have the highest daily productivity (+29 minutes) against other types of workers,” the report notes.

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