--- title: On the job from nine to five… or is it four? - The Hustle description: Data suggest office workers are signing off earlier. image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1136806684-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-Leave-Work-Early_20230720214457.webp --- # On the job from nine to five… or is it four? ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: July 21, 2023 Updated: October 11, 2023 If you’re considering an early dip from the office today, ideally it’s because you’ve got something important to do, and not because you’re planning a [covert escape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q069ZnZDwZA) from the bathroom window so nobody sees you in a full-body Spider-Man costume. ![search interest for how to leave work early](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1136806684-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-Leave-Work-Early_20230720214457.webp?width=595&height=400&name=1136806684-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-Leave-Work-Early_20230720214457.webp) In either case, recent data appears to suggest workplace hall-of-famers like “would ya look at the time” and “let’s call it a day” are broadly being declared earlier than usual. #### **Time to bounce** The share of meetings scheduled between 4pm and 6pm across Microsoft Teams [dropped 7%](https://www.wsj.com/articles/work-office-coworkers-schedule-meetings-2af3f9b0?mod=trending_now_news_2) YoY in recent months, according to *The Wall Street Journal*. Elsewhere… - On Yelp, 10% of restaurant diners are now seated between 2pm and 5pm, up from 5% in 2019. - Uber trips to restaurants between 4pm and 5pm are up 10% from 2019, and down 9% after 8pm. - Stanford researchers found golf courses to be [143% busier](https://nbloom.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj24291/files/media/file/golfingfromhome.pdf) on weekdays in 2022 versus 2019. Notably, signing off earlier doesn’t mean you’re not signing back on later; Microsoft Teams users now send 42% more after-hours chats compared to a year and a half ago. Leading the charge: 44% of senior-level office workers and 50% of mid-level workers who [now prefer](https://www.wsj.com/articles/remote-work-from-home-boss-d093a36c?mod=hp_lead_pos11) to work from home, according to McKinsey, versus 6% of junior workers. - These employees all said they’re willing to swap 20%+ of their compensation to work at home as they wish. **Time is money:** To make the most of working hours, Shopify recently deleted 322k hours-worth of meetings, and [now displays](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shopify-cfo-explains-meeting-cost-105829140.html) a meeting’s estimated financial cost on the calendar. 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