Meeting-Free Fridays Aim to Boost Slumping End-of-Week Productivity
Companies are trying to free up workers’ schedules to give them more time to get stuff done.
Casual Fridays don’t cut it anymore, so companies are experimenting with new ways to approach the end-of-the-week malaise.
Source: Maskot/Getty ImagesHibaaq Abdillahi says meeting-free Fridays have dramatically boosted productivity at Oyster, a human resources firm where the 32-year-old brand manager works. At previous jobs, she had Summer Fridays, but that did little to relieve the feeling of being “just ready to be done” by the week’s end.
Oyster is among an increasing number of companies trying new ways to solve an age-old problem: easing the Friday lull. Called “Flow Fridays” or “Focus Fridays," the idea is to give employees more time to get stuff done as the week wraps up.