'You know nobody else is going to the office on Friday, so maybe you’ll work from home, too,' Cappelli said. 'It’s becoming a bit of cultural norm,' Peter Cappelli, director of the Center for Human Resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, told the Washington Post Friday of the recent movement toward remote work. The company, also headquartered in the Big Apple, also lets employees clock out for the weekend at 3 pm during the summertime - a practice that is becoming increasingly commonplace, human resource professionals say. Many employers have embraced the new work climate, with high-profile companies such as New York-based CitiGroup declaring Fridays 'Zoom-free,' and accounting giant KPMG implementing a similar 'no-camera Fridays' policy. However, according to the statistics compiled by Kastle, which provides building security services for 2,600 buildings across the US, that may be no simple task. Other reported fringe benefits include costume contests and karaoke sing-offs, all organized with one goal in mind - get workers off the couch and back to their desks. Less than a third of the US' white collar workforce show up to the office on Fridays, a new study has revealed - and a slew of firms are responding by instilling a variety of over-the-top perks to lure back the wayward workers 'Why not have a beer or two? If people are going to be a little less productive one day of the week, I’d rather it be Friday than Monday.' 'Honestly, the best socializing happens on Friday,' CEO Flynn Zaiger told the Post. Online Optimism, which does not have any requirements for in-office work, reports that as many as 80 percent of its 25 employees show up on days when there’s free food. The only rule is that staff are not allowed to drink shots. Online Optimism, a marketing firm with offices in New Orleans, Washington DC and Georgia has laid on a 4pm Friday happy hour for workers who come in. The phenomenon has left employers at a loss as to how to fill seats as turnout dwindles - with many high-profile companies now enlisting services such as food trucks and wine carts to incentivize staffers to stop working from home. On Monday, just 41 per cent will show up, while Thursdays see 46 per cent of workers come into the office - even though the COVID pandemic began close to two-and-a-half years ago. Tuesday and Wednesday are the busiest days of the week for offices, with half of workers showing up on both days. Just 30 per cent of staff are showing up on Fridays, according to swipe card data. The statistics, tabulated by New York property management company Kastle Systems, illustrates the persisting popularity of the hybrid work model well into the pandemic, particularly towards the end of the workweek. Fewer than a third of the US' white collar workforce show up to the office on Fridays, a new study has revealed as firms dream up lavish perks to try and lure them back.
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