London - No matter how hard we work, we all need a little down time at the office – and it would seem that time is 2.55pm.
This is when the average office worker reaches their “most unproductive point of the day”, according to a survey.
Workers are hit by the post-lunch lull and their attention drifts towards Facebook and Twitter.
It confirms the suspicions of many bosses that although staff are staring at their computers, they are not doing anything productive.
In the poll of 420 UK workers, 2.55pm was the average time at which attention turned to making plans for the evening or checking social media sites. At the other end of the spectrum, the most productive time of the day is 10.26am.
Typically, the workers said they had checked and responded to their emails and had planned their working day by this time.
Similarly productive is 4.16pm – when they are most likely to be rushing to complete work in order to leave the office on time.
But that burst of diligence does not last – with many admitting to “mentally switching off” about 18 minutes before going home. - Daily Mail