- The most productive people now rest for nearly two and a half hours in an eight -hour day, reports allegations
- In the office, work can of course support better mental improvement
- Desk Time’s Productivity Metrics is Role -specific, which brings subjectivity in
The long -standing belief that working longer hours leads to higher productivity faces increasing control after new research claimed the opposite.
A new study of Destrime challenges this conventional wisdom that reveals shorter work sessions combined with longer breaks can correlate with higher output levels.
The study found that the most productive employees now follow a 75/33 work-to-rest relationship that worked for 75 minutes, followed by a 33-minute break. This represents a significant increase in resting time compared to Destrime’s original 52/17 reported a decade ago.
Productivity is subjective, not universal
This means that the current, current employees in an 8-hour working day need about two hours and twenty-seven minutes (147 minutes) of rest.
The rest time is higher than the 118 minutes given to productive employees for the same working day ten years ago.
This revelation may not be good with employers who equate productivity with endurance rather than efficiency. However, the change to a 75/33 cycle in 2025 may reflect how hybrid or office work promotes more balanced work habits.
“When Desk Time completed the study of the work/break relationship back in 2021, we saw that working from home had tremendously influencing workers’ ability to draw a line between work and life,” said Artis Rozentals, CEO of Destrime.
“Now our latest productivity research shows that we will return to more balanced work habits. Given the occurrence of hybrid work, the new relationship of 75/33 may be linked to working in the office again.”
In fact, the office naturally introduces several breaks through informal interactions and social moments. These may occur counterproductive on the surface, but may be important for mental rejuvenation.
“The hybrid model is the Goldilocks election, as it best exploits both the social dynamics of the office and the deep focus provided by remote work,” Rozentals added.
As a result, companies that use employees’ monitoring software may need to consider how they define “productive behavior.”
To identify top athletes, Destrime analyzed the top 10% of users with the highest relationship between time spent in productive applications. This group – consisting of 6,000 individuals – served as a benchmark for the findings of the study.
Unlike many measurements that depend on generalized definitions, Desk Time’s approach to productivity is more tailor -made. The software allows users to define which applications are considered productive based on their specific roles.
However, as the data is based on the software track activity, they raise questions about the nuances that such tools can overlook.
Platforms that offer quantitative insights, such as task management platforms, are often not ready to capture the full image, especially when so -called “inactive” time includes thinking, strategizing or informal collaboration.
