Comments on: Friday Afternoon Syndrome (FAS)

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:02:45 +0000

I have been doing early Fridays since 2001. Friday afternoons are usually to get errands done so I can kick back the rest of the weekend.

Friday late afternoon is my time to get together with a bunch of people and we watch Japanese Anime.

There are a few times when management has called 3pm Friday afternoon meetings, usually the “All Hands” variety. I have ignored those and have gotten in trouble for it. Most of the management structure are former IBM people and its associated culture of “Live to Work”.

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By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:31:38 +0000

I think Adam needs a “Good News M-F”

By: Harmony

Harmony — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:49:53 +0000

Very interesting. Wish I could leave an hour earlier on Friday, that would be nice :) FAS is also (thankfully!) a rare occurence where I work, but even on the days it’s busy I usually manage to avoid by working hard on Friday morning to get at least my big deadlines out of the way so I can enjoy my weekend properly, otherwise by nature I stress about it. And also by refusing to do overtime unless it’s absolutely necessary and I know it’s not a result of management negligence or someone else being slack.

By: JLP

JLP — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:47:09 +0000

My wife works what is called a 9/80 schedule, which means she works 80 hours in 9 days and gets the 10th day off. Since I am self-employed, I usually take that day off with her. We really enjoy that. JLP AllThingsFinancial

By: Jeremy Flint

Jeremy Flint — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:52:20 +0000

A good round or two of foosball on Friday helps things quite a bit as well.

By: John Hritz

John Hritz — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:49:00 +0000

I’ve been doing the leave early on Friday for a few years now. There a book called “Turn It Off” by Gil Gordon that talks about on-duty, off-duty, mid-duty time. With this and having worked at an options trading firm and a newspaper, I started creating arcs of productivity at the day, week and intra-holiday/vacation level to reduce the stress leading up to time off. As you mentioned, I block out two hours for my Getting-Things-Done weekly review at 2:30 or 3:00 on Friday afternoon. This avoids most Friday afternoon meetings and closes the last few loops so I don’t have to think about work until Monday.

By: VERiON

VERiON — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:51:54 +0000

I love the rule: “make sure you’ve got things buttoned up on Thursday”. We’re talking about job activities here, but try to extend this rule on your personal life duties. If you can do that – it’s a whole new world out there.
Imagine: no more giant-home-supply-shopping, cleaning-the-whole-house… and other huge weekend-consuming activities. It is hard to do, but if you sucseed – you can have totally-free-weekend.

By: James Archer

James Archer — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:57:22 +0000

I love “Good News Friday.” As soon as Forty Media gets big enough to start hiring full-timers, I’m going to make this a mandatory policy.

On a somewhat related note, I have a “never launch on Friday” rule for my clients. No matter how finished we think the site is, I always wait until Monday to launch, so I don’t have to spend Friday afternoon (and sometimes the weekend) fixing everything that goes wrong after launch.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:47:08 +0000

It amazes me how many companies could boost moral and loyalty by doing simple things like leave a 4 on Friday. I have a friend who works at a place that has 1/2 day Fridays all summer. What does leaving an hour early cost the company … nothing, everyone shut down at lunch anyway. By giving it you gain far more from your employees.

I know I could probably get all my work done in a 35 hour or less work week, I think most could with proper planning. Ever have to leave a few hours early for a doctor appointment? I bet most of your work is done for the day before you leave, probably in 6 hours.