Howard Chua-Eoan, Columnist

Mondays Should Be Part of the Weekend Already

In the UK, a May with several four-day weeks is a chance for most workers to test the efficiency of shorter schedules.

May 19, 2023 at 4:00 AM UTC

Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine.

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It was a bright cold Monday in May and the clocks might as well have been striking thirteen. But it was really just 6:30 AM and it was the iPhone alarm reminding me to prepare for work. What? On a Monday?

This month in the UK, I’m getting used to Monday as the third day of the weekend. There are usually just two so-called bank holidays in May. We had one on May 1; a second on May 8, thanks to the coronation of Charles III; and we have a third on May 29. I don’t think my colleagues and I have been any less productive, so far.