Summer Fridays Are All the Rage This Year

It’s a cheap and easy way to keep employees happy, since no one is really working then anyway.
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Let’s be real: It’s Thursday, but you’re already thinking about the weekend. Specifically, tomorrow—and what time you’re going to slink out of the office.

Come summer, nobody is actually working on Friday afternoons. By tomorrow morning, workers are already day-dreaming about slipping away early. That’s why Sabina Gault, who runs a public relations firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, decided to formally give her employees that already slow afternoon off.