Survey suggests Tuesday at 11:45 is most stressful time of the week

Tuesday morning at 11:45am is the most stressful time of the working week, according to a survey. Researchers found that nearly half of British workers identified mid-morning on their second working day of the week as the moment when they were most under pressure.

Most workers coast through Monday getting their brain in gear and catching up with gossip from the weekend through social networking sites.

But on Tuesday reality sets in and staff spend the first part of the day going through emails they ignored on Monday before planning the week ahead. And 11.45am is the point when everything comes to a head.



Graham Waters from health supplement Bimuno, which polled 3,000 adults, said: "Traditionally people associate Monday as the worst day of the week, but this doesn't seem to be the case – coasting through Monday means we're worse off on Tuesday – both in terms of workloads and stress levels.

"We lead such fast-paced lives that stress naturally runs side by side with this – especially when it comes to work. Tuesday at 11:45am seems to be the time in the day when the real workload for the week hits employees and as a result stress levels rise.

"The study also revealed Tuesday as the day when workers are most likely to work through their lunch break due to the realisation they have a busy week ahead."