Is the office dead on Mondays and Fridays? We took a poll.

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We asked if people want to be in the office Mondays, Fridays — or neither. A big landlord says 5-day workweeks are dead.

to see if they agreed with the stats. We asked:"Given the choice, do you go into the office on Mondays and Fridays?"

As of Monday, just over 16,000 people had already responded, and the results — not scientific, of course, but an interesting snapshot — corroborate Roth's contention and the Placer.ai data. A little less than half of the respondents said they wouldn't go into the office on either Mondays or Fridays. Another 29% said they would go in on either a Monday or a Friday — but not both. And only 22% said they would go in on both Mondays and Fridays, given the choice.An academic administrator wrote that"the commute is easier on both days because less people work those days, it's more peaceful in coffee shops as well.

Steven Roth, the chairman of one of New York's biggest private landlords, Vornado, said Mondays in the office are"touch-and-go" and Fridays are likely"dead forever."And an academic based in the UK agreed on the ease of a Friday commute:"Love working Fridays ... nice and quiet and commute is easy. Also sense of relaxation as the weekend approaches," he wrote."Hate Monday working though — for the converse reasons.

Robert Parlaman, who works as a Facilities and human resources coordinator at Levolor, a company that manufactures window coverings headquartered in Atlanta, told Insider via LinkedIn message that he never had the option to

 

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