Weekend starts at 2.39pm today as workers start switching off on Friday afternoons
据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国航空公司发起的一项研究显示，上班族周五下午常常是“人在曹营心在汉”。虽然肉体还坚持端坐在办公桌前直到正式下班，但心理其实早已自动进入休假状态。
You may be waiting for the clock to tick round to 5pm today so you can leave the office. But in your head, the working week is already over by then.
Workers switch off for the weekend at 2.39pm on Friday, it is claimed. A study of 2,000 office staff found the majority mentally wind things down well before the official end of the day.Almost half admit they take Fridays easier than any other day.
Six in ten feel entitled to ease up earlier on a Friday because they work more than their contracted hours throughout the week.
The average worker puts at least three important things on hold until Monday, it was found.
Yet more than 80 per cent said their boss still gets ‘value for money’ by employing them.
Many relaxed workers admitted to deliberately scaling down workloads to wind things up early on a Friday, pinpointing 1.32pm as the time they really start shifting into lower gear.
By 2.39pm workers have mentally started their weekends in earnest.
The survey also confirmed that the 'Friday feeling' exists - a third said their workplace has a noticeably better atmosphere on a Friday and 47 per cent said their boss is a lot more lenient on this day.
The research, commissioned by British Airways, found the Friday afternoon wind-down often consists of using Facebook, arranging weekend plans and online banking.
Professor Frank Bond, a leading expert in Occupational Psychology, said: 'With most people working more than their contracted hours, it is perhaps no surprise that people tend to take their foot off the pedal on Friday afternoons.
'It’s certainly not ideal to have important meetings at the end of the week, as we wind down for the weekend. In most cases, that meeting can wait until Monday morning.
'A great deal of research shows that giving such control over work scheduling makes employees more productive, motivated and healthy.'
A quarter regularly ignores emails on a Friday and 28 per cent often fall victim to a severe case of selective hearing when the phone rings - or push it straight to voicemail.
While the average worker puts at least three important things on hold until Monday because they just can’t bear to deal with them at the end of the week.
Instead, conducting online shopping, emailing friends and family and even booking holidays also featured in the top 10 activities workers were likely to sneak in at the end of the week.
Although the average official finishing time was still 5pm, three in ten do sometimes get let out early and a fifth enjoy casual dress on a Friday.
Robin Glover-Faure, Head of Shorthaul for British Airways, said: 'With this research revealing that Brits are switching off for the weekend slightly earlier than the traditional 5pm, it’s clear to see that planning ahead and having exciting activities lined up is more important than ever.'(MailOnline)
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调查发现，大约六成的受调查者认为自己在过去四天已经超额工作，因此周五过得轻松一些也是应该的。大家基本都靠刷博客、安排度假计划或者办理网上银行业务打发时间，平均每人会把至少三项重要工作留到周一再办。
调查还发现，大约1/3的白领感觉办公室在周五的气氛明显要比平时好，而47%的人声称老板在周五比平时宽厚温和。
职业心理学专家弗兰克• 邦德表示，很多人平时都要加班，所以理所当然想在周五放松一下。他建议不要在周五安排重要会议，因为大家都已经开始懈怠了，而且其实大多数会议等到周一再开也不迟。
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