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After a few hours of heads-down work at her office in Washington, D.C., Michele Late will stand up from her desk, get down on all fours and begin a series of cat-cow yoga poses in her cubicle.⁠ ⁠ If her back is hurting, she might just lie flat on the ground. She can do so without a shred of self-consciousness or fear that a co-worker might walk by because she goes into the office on the day everyone else avoids: Friday.⁠ ⁠ “No one is going to see me,” says Late, 51, who works as the deputy director of communications for the American Public Health Association and is required to be in the office two days a week. “I just love Fridays.”⁠ ⁠ As hybrid work models have taken root in the corporate world and many employees have been given some choice in when they go into the office, Tuesdays, Thursdays and especially Wednesdays have emerged as the most popular days, according to data from Kastle Systems, which tracks security badge swipes in most major U.S. cities. But a subset of workers is purposely going in on the days most of their colleagues prefer to stay home—Mondays and Fridays. It’s a small club but members cite benefits like being spared distracting small talk and weird-smelling food wafting from the microwave. They’d be delighted if you didn’t join.⁠ ⁠ “There’s no pings from emails or speakerphone conversations,” says Late, who is one of two or three people who regularly goes in on Mondays and Fridays. “To me, it’s heaven.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Mark Barna