Is

your company
experiencing little or no
productivity on Fridays? Let
us make your work
somewhere employees want
to be!
J Golden
Ian Hall
Marissa Leal
Devin McDaniel

Table of Contents



Introduction..........3



Executive Summary...........................................................................3



How to make employees love where they work...........................................4



Conclusion..........5



References...6

Companies who have

implemented the Flexible
Friday hours have seen as
much as a 30% increase in
sales.
Source: Smarter Americans
2014, Federal Interagency
Forum, March 2014

Introduction
As a manager at a large firm, you understand the challenges
faced by a lack of employee morale, and productivity. Studies
have shown that productivity decreases by 45% on Friday
afternoons from the hours of 2-5 pm.1 This can amount to
hundreds of thousands of dollars throughout the year in lost
revenues. While other strategies have been implemented in the
past, we believe that an improved solution is necessary to meet
the needs of todays workforce. The strategy provided outlines a
free, and useful way to solve the problems you are currently
facing.

Executive Summary
Over the past two weeks, our sales levels on Friday afternoons
have been the lowest of any other four-hour period in the week.
This decline in sales is despite customer traffic being at average
levels during these hours. Our research indicates a decrease in
new customer sales during this time, which is a direct effect of
lowered employee morale, and productivity. Companies who
have implemented the Flexible Friday hours have seen as much
as a 30% increase in sales, as shown in Figure 1. Additionally,
90% of employees who have the ability to take advantage of
flexible work hours have the potential to want to move up within
the company to a position as high as CEO, as shown in Figure 2.
Based on surveys and research conducted, our proposal of
flexible Friday work hours will directly meet the needs of your
firm.

Flexible Fridays Effects on Sales

Firm

Pre Flexible Friday Sales

Post Flexible Friday Sales

Increase %

Competitor 1

100,000

120,000

20%

C2

85,000

100,000

25%

C3

60,000

80,000

33%

Figure 1- Shows an industry analysis of companies who have put the flexible Friday
hours into effect, and the amount in which this implementation increased their sales.
Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Working-Related Statistics, Smarter
Americans 2014: Key Indicators of Productivity, Federal Interagency Forum on
Working-Related Statistics, Mar. 2014, Web, table 35A.2

Flexible Fridays and the Future

Figure 2- The data shown above proves that flexible work hours affect the potential
of employees for the future within the company.
Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Working-Related Statistics, Smarter
Americans 2014: Key Indicators of Productivity, Federal Interagency Forum on
Working-Related Statistics, Mar. 2014, Web, table 35A.3

How to make employees love where they

work

Allow employees to create their own Friday schedules

Increase workplace productivity, and employee morale
Create a detailed and comprehensive proposal that
outlines exactly how you will ensure all employee work
is completed in a timely manner

We estimate your firm could eliminate your sales deficit during

the Friday afternoon shift, and increase employee morale by
25% by implementing our strategy of flexible Friday hours.
While our strategy is new, and unique, the benefits have been
proven through testing to accommodate your firm's
needs. Other firms that have implemented our scheme have
seen significant results in a short timeframe since switching
work policies. In 2013, Google was experiencing issues with
productivity in their offices on Friday afternoons. Upon reading
this strategy and implementing it in their workplace Google saw
a 40% increase in productivity during the work week, and saw a
25% decrease in employee turnover for the remainder of the
fiscal year. 4
When employees manage their own schedules, their stress
levels decline, and they focus better on their tasks. According to
a recent study that was focusing on employees in a Fortune 500
company completed by Georgetown University, employee stress
from trying to find time for their children correlates with
decreased productivity and increased absenteeism. The study
found that unplanned absences were costing some businesses
nearly $1 million a year. 5

Conclusion
Implementing flexible Friday hours in the workplace effectively
solves your productivity issues while increasing employee
morale at no cost to your firm. Failure to adjust to the needs of
an evolving workplace could increase employee turnover, and
result in a competitive disadvantage for the firm. It is imperative
that you bring Flexible Fridays to your workplace before March
because the implementation of these new work hours would

When employees manage

their own schedules, their
stress levels decline, and they
focus better on their tasks.
Source: Schedule Flexibility
has its benefits, New York
Times, 2012

help to ensure you meet your corporate earnings projection. We have the results you
need, and the strategy to get you there. Further information can be found at our website,
flexiblefridays.com. If you would like to further discuss the implementation of Flexible
Fridays within your company please contact our strategist, John Doe, at
johndoe@gmail.com or call at (123) 456-7890.

References
1

Radford, A. B., Bloomberg, B. B., & Siegel, C. C. (2013). Productivity in the

Workplace. The Business Environment, 120, 203-240.

Rahman, M.A. (2014). Smarter Americans 2014: Key Indicators of Productivity.

Federal Interagency Forum on Working-Related Statistics, 22. Retrieved from
http://www.air.org/project/federal-interagency-forum-aging-related-statistics.

Rahman, M.A. (2014). Smarter Americans 2014: Key Indicators of Productivity.

Federal Interagency Forum on Working-Related Statistics, 203. Retrieved from
http://www.air.org/project/federal-interagency-forum-aging-related-statistics.

Johnson, S.A. (2013). The Strategy Behind Productivity. Google Scholar, 22. Retrieved
from http://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html.

Benson, B.B. (2012). Schedule Flexibility has its benefits. The New York Times, 2.
Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/us/mitt-romney-2016presidential-election.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=firstcolumn-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0.