Once a week, there’s bound to be someone in your office who rejoices, “Thank goodness, it’s Friday!” This statement is usually proclaimed after workers have suffered through a long, grueling workweek and are getting prepared for the weekend. However, a new study from HappyOrNot shows that Friday may not be the happiest day of the workweek!
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The study was based on feedback from over 840,000 responses to the question, “How was your workday today?” According to HappyOrNot, “[T]his question raises awareness of the employee satisfaction and overall workplace happiness. The results act as a gauge for management of the correlated levels of engagement and productivity of the workforce.” The workweek was considered to be all 7 days, instead of the standard Monday through Friday schedule. So, what is the happiest workday of all?
Saturday is the happiest workday out of all 7 days, with a satisfaction rating of 76.5%. What’s even more shocking is the fact that even Sunday (74.9%) beat out Friday (74.8%) for the happiest workday. Since the research is blowing norms right out of the water, it shouldn’t come as a shock that Monday (74.5%) is not the unhappiest day of the week anymore. That title belongs to Tuesday, with respondents citing a 73.1% satisfaction rating.
The research also points out that Monday only follows behind Friday’s ranking by 0.3%, indicating that midweek is the most challenging. Wednesday and Thursday aren’t too far off with being unhappy days; both were cited with an overall satisfaction rating of 73.8% and 73.7%, respectively, which is only a few fractions of a point away from Tuesday’s ranking. The research states, “Employers and HR management should take special note to this trend and try motivation boosting activities during these days to beat the slump.” So from now on, when that Friday afternoon slump hits, you should be shouting, “Thank goodness tomorrow is Saturday!”