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I worked for a government agency that had flex days and that meant 1/4 of people were out of the office every Monday or Friday. While likely not intended, that

I worked for a government agency that had flex days and that meant 1/4 of people were out of the office every Monday or Friday. While likely not intended, that had the benefit of essentially keeping those days free for work as a key stakeholder could easily be out of the office, making any meeting potentially useless. I think companies could benefit from that as a lot got done on those two end days.

bartread 6y ago
I've been having "meeting free Mondays" for about 2 years now. They're never entirely free of meetings, but often I'll only have one meeting mid-afternoon. The result is that I can spend most of the day focussing on work I actually need to get done myself. To help with this, even before the pandemic, I'd almost always work from home on Mondays as well. I also tend to try to keep mornings relatively free of interruption as I find getting a good start really sets the tone for the day as a whole. If I can spend 5 or 10 minutes planning out what I need to do, and then make useful progress on something during the first hour then I'm usually set for the rest of the day. My team know that they can contact me if they really need to, but it does massively cut down on casual interruptions as well as delivering the obvious benefits of a clear calendar.