Fun cultural difference: When I saw the headline I thought it was a negative thing about how long hours he had to work. "Until 5pm!" But it's meant as positive

Fun cultural difference: When I saw the headline I thought it was a negative thing about how long hours he had to work. "Until 5pm!" But it's meant as positive. "Only until 5pm!". Rush hour in my city on Fridays is like at 14 (2pm). Work 37.5h weeks, but how I spend those hours are mostly up to me as long as I partake in meetings scheduled between 9 and 15.