- The most productive people now rest for almost two and a half hours on an eight -hour day, the report affirms
- Office work can naturally support better mental recovery
- Desktime’s productivity metric is specific to roles, which provides subjectivity
The long belief that working more hours leads to greater productivity faces increasing scrutiny, after a new research affirmed the opposite.
A new Desktime study challenges this conventional wisdom, revealing shorter work sessions combined with longer breaks can be correlated with higher levels of production.
The study found that the most productive employees now follow a working relationship to Restaurant 75/33, working for 75 minutes followed by a 33 -minute break. This represents a significant increase in rest time compared to the original 52/17 relationship of desktime reported a decade ago.
Productivity is subjective, not universal
This means that on an 8 -hour workday, current productive employees will need approximately two hours and twenty -seven minutes (147 minutes) rest.
The rest time is higher than the 118 minutes awarded to productive employees during the same day of work ten years ago.
It is possible that this revelation does not feel good with employers who equate productivity with resistance instead of efficiency. However, the change to a 75/33 cycle in 2025 may reflect how hybrid work or in the office encourages the most balanced work habits.
“When Desktime conducted the study of working/rest relationship in 2021, we saw that working from home had immensely affected the ability of workers to draw a line between work and life,” said Artis Rozentals, CEO of Desktime.
“Now, our latest productivity research shows that we are returning to more balanced work habits. Given the prevalence of hybrid work, the new 75/33 relationship may be linked to work again in the office.”
In fact, the work in the office naturally introduces more breaks through informal interactions and social moments. These may seem counterproductive on the surface, but they could be essential for mental rejuvenation.
“The hybrid model is the choice of Goldilocks, since it takes better advantage of social dynamics in the office and the deep approach offered by remote work,” Rozentals added.
As a result, companies that use employee monitoring software may need to reconsider how “productive behavior” defines.
To identify the main players, Desktime analyzed the higher 10% of users with the highest time relationship dedicated to productive applications. This group, which includes 6,000 people, served as a reference point for study findings.
Unlike many metrics that are based on generalized definitions, Desktime’s productivity approach is more personalized. The software allows users to define which applications are considered productive depending on their specific roles.
However, since the data is based on the software monitoring activity, ask questions about the nuances that such tools can ignore.
Platforms that offer quantitative ideas, such as task management platforms, often cannot capture the complete image, especially when the so -called “inactive” time includes thinking, strategy or informal collaboration.
