Least effective work day of the year?

[soccerdad72]

Thinking about this as I'm working this morning, but realizing it's really slow today.

Is July 3rd the least effective work day of the year? Especially when it falls near the weekend? Not counting holidays themselves and days that often are given as days off anyways (e.g. Christmas Eve, NYE, etc), what do you think is the day that the least amount of work gets done?

 

[NYCgrrl]

December 31st.

 

[easyas123]

From our Companies perspective, today is particularly slow. In fact, I've just given the word to our three offices that everyone can leave at 2PM and get their long weekend started. We give everyone off on Black Friday, as well as the stretch between Christmas & New Years. I'd say any day before a long holiday weekend can be quiet.

 

[soccerdad72]

We give everyone off on Black Friday, as well as the stretch between Christmas & New Years. I'd say any day before a long holiday weekend can be quiet.

We do the same thing (Black Friday and shutdown between Christmas and New Years). From what I heard, our unions negotiated to give up Columbus Day for Black Friday as a day off.

 

[KPeterso]

Christmas Eve or New Years eve are the 2 quietest typically for me. I usually do not mind working them as I know we will be let off early. My company is 24/7/365 so there are people always working at my company. My team does not have to have 24/7/365 coverage though. It is pretty quiet here today and I am just waiting for the email to let us know we can leave early today.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Well I'd have to include an actual holiday because I would consider it the least effective work day because there was very little need for any of us to work....Christmas Eve, if it fell on a week day we were all required to work 4 hours of it, originally the office was open 8am-2pm so shifts could vary a bit then one year they decided to make it 8am-noon which put everyone on the same shift unless you were able to get that day off which would have been used as 4 hours of PTO.

For my husband's present company the 3rd of July isn't the least productive day because often there's deadlines to be completed and they don't seem to look at holidays even for training and whatnot. One year they put two back to back all day video training the week of Thanksgiving which seemed quite silly to me as if people would be actually fully paying attention to that. For my husband Fridays in general seem to be less productive at least once the second half of the day is getting going, less people at the office past 3pm that sort of thing and if that Friday is before a holiday even worse. But today? Eh they'll work like normal likely because tomorrow is a holiday for them.

 

[DoryGirl1963]

We don't get Chrstmas Eve off unless Christmas falls on a Saturday, so that would be the least productive day here of the day before a holiday day.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

In general, any day before a holiday. Me personally, the day before I have time off for vacation.

 

[nancipants]

We don't get off New Year's Eve but we do get off Black Friday. So I will say New Year's Eve.

 

[clh2]

I “worked” many Black Fridays. As in-you can make me show up…but I’m not sure how much work I actually got done. The reality is…,there wasn’t much we could do.

 

[Moliphino]

Christmas Eve for me, we don't get it off. We do get Black Friday off.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Christmas Eve for me, we don't get it off. We do get Black Friday off.

Weird company. They should have done the opposite

 

[Micca]

All of those days are good candidates for least productive, but I'll go with black Friday

 

[LilyWDW]

Today. Right now. I am struggling.

 

[FreeTime]

For me, I always work the day before a holiday and the week before the new year as these are the most productive FOR ME as others are not working. Fewer interruptions. People hate to come back to my lists the first of the year as I have caught up on everything and handed out their to dos.

 

[Bethislucy]

Today and the day before the Christmas holiday (we get 2 days Christmas and Christmas eve unless it's the weekend) are always our slowest days.

 

[TippyThomas]

I just got back from a quick trip into town and, based on how crowded it was, I don't think there was anyone at work to do any work.

 

[tvguy]

June, July and August tend as a whole productivity tapers off because so many people are on vacation. But I voted Black Friday because of all the options you listed, it is the only day that is an actual holiday when most businesses are closed.
I am retired now, but worked over 40 years in an industry where no holiday is a day off, always a regular work day. And my mom was a Nurse in a hospital, and growing up, holidays were never days off for her too, unless they fell on her regularly scheduled day off.

 

[_19disnA]

Depends on your company, what it does and what your job is. Suppliers and customers may have different vacation schedules, so for our office what is considered a 'slow' time isn't necessarily related to specific holidays. The day or two before a major holiday typically has a large number of people in our office on vacation. Department heads organize with their people ahead of time who plans to be gone so there is adequate coverage in the office for things that still need to be done. July 4/December 25 moves around and isn't always the same day of the week compared to a holiday like Thanksgiving that is always on a Thursday. Some companies are also closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving but many do not.

 

[disneychrista]

December 31st.

Or December 24th