It’s official, Tuesday is the most productive day of the work week.
A new survey conducted on behalf of staffing firm Accountemps found that 35% of respondents feel they are most productive on Tuesdays. And despite its reputation for being a downer after the weekend, Monday came second in terms of productivity, with 25% of participants citing it as the day they get the most done.
People seem to become less productive as the week wears on, with 18% of people saying Wednesday is their most productive workday, 12% claiming Thursday is their most productive day, and only 10% saying they get the most work done on Friday.
The survey also looked at other elements of worker productivity, such as time of day. The majority of respondents reported that they do their best work at the start of the day, with 41% preferring early mornings and 31% late morning. By contrast, only 14% said they work best in the afternoon.
The online survey was conducted in April by Maru/Blue using 400 randomly selected full and part-time Canadian office workers. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
