The Six-Day Week That Isn't

The Six-Day Week That Isn't

A meeting-camera company says Sunday work is becoming standard, but its own chart and federal time-use data tell a much smaller story.

Adeline Quek

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Owl Labs says 74 percent of its respondents do some work on Sundays, but that figure counts people who say they "rarely" do, or only check messages.

Owl Labs' own release says 21 percent call Sunday a full or near-full workday.
Owl Labs' published 2025 report has no Sunday figure to compare with, so the survey shows one year, not a trend.
Two in three respondents are managers, and Owl Labs does not break Sunday work down by role.
Federal data covering every kind of job, not just office work, shows 29.6 percent of full-time workers working on an average Saturday, Sunday, or holiday in 2025, down from 34 percent in 2019.
28 percent still name a four-day week among the most appealing benefits in a new job.

If you regularly work Sundays, log the hours for four weeks and show your manager.