<1 min | Posted on 17/07/2026

The clock is lying: Why your most productive hours aren’t 9 to 5

Flexible work, hybrid work and employee wellbeing are reshaping the workplace, but experts say the biggest productivity gains may come from matching work hours to employees' natural body clocks.

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Some people are at their sharpest before sunrise. Others do their best thinking long after sunset. Yet for decades, most workplaces have expected everyone to perform according to the same timetable.

Whether it’s replying to emails before 8 am, staying active on Slack throughout the day, or being the last person to log off, visibility has often been treated as a proxy for productivity. But is being seen really the same as being effective?

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