New Data Also Reveals Meeting Habits Shaping Productivity and Most/Least Productive Industries and Departments

Prodoscore (the “Company”), a leading provider of employee productivity and data intelligence software, today released its Q3 2025 Productivity Pulse report, an in-depth analysis of productivity trends across U.S. industries, departments and job roles. The report presents data from over 10,000 employees across 161 companies, spanning 86 job roles and 10 industries. Productivity is measured by employee use of cloud tools, including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, CRM and phone systems and more.

According to the report, AI adoption among U.S. employees continued to rise as even more organizations transitioned from pilot programs to everyday use. Across all industry roles, employees using AI tools were up to twice as productive as those who did not, highlighting AI’s growing impact on the workforce by automating repetitive tasks and enabling more strategic work. The professional and business services industry led in AI adoption, followed by the HR and staffing industry. Law firms were the slowest adopters of AI.

Additional key findings include:

• Hybrid work produces the most productive employees. Employees following a three-days-in, two-days-remote or four-days-in, one-day-remote hybrid schedule continued to outperform both in-office and fully remote workers. Also, for the first time, employees required to spend only two days working remotely and three in the office were less productive than both groups, showing that too much mandatory office time without enough flexibility can hinder work performance.
• Meeting habits continued to shape productivity. In Q3, Tuesdays emerged as the busiest day for meetings, highlighting a change from Q2 when meetings were mostly scheduled for Mondays and Fridays. Employees working in the professional and business services, HR and staffing and financial services industries logged an average of nearly seven hours of meetings per week, while employees in the industrial and logistics and real estate industries spent less than four hours in meetings.
• Industrial and logistics led all industries in productivity. This sector remained the most productive for the second consecutive quarter, likely driven by ongoing trade conflicts and resilient consumer demand that continue to strengthen U.S. supply chains. By contrast, the utilities and essential services industry again ranked the lowest in productivity this quarter, recording the steepest decline amid ongoing policy uncertainty and regulatory challenges.
• M&A departments surged in productivity while pricing departments slipped. Productivity in M&A rose sharply in Q3 as companies took advantage of moderate interest rates and renewed appetite for strategic growth. Many focused on consolidating market share and diversifying operations to build resilience amid global uncertainty. Conversely, pricing departments, which are responsible for developing, managing and optimizing companies’ pricing strategies to ensure competitiveness and profitability, saw the steepest decline in productivity. This could reflect ongoing cost volatility, competitive pressures and more complex analysis required to maintain profitability.

“Our Q3 data shows that companies have largely found equilibrium in how work gets done – balancing flexibility with structure and human intelligence with AI,” said Sam Naficy, CEO of Prodoscore. “We’re seeing hybrid work mature into a sustainable model while AI adoption continues to enhance productivity and engagement. These insights underscore how smart use of data and technology enables organizations to make more informed decisions that strengthen both performance and culture.”

To view the full Q3 2025 Prodoscore Productivity Pulse report, please click here.

Methodology

The Q3 2025 Productivity Pulse report is based on anonymized behavioral data collected via Prodoscore’s proprietary productivity measurement platform between July 1 and September 30, 2025. The dataset comprises 10,183 employees across 161 companies, spanning 86 unique job roles and 10 industries: industrial and logistics; HR and staffing; retail and consumer goods; professional and business services; financial services; real estate; software, tech and telecommunications; law firms and legal services and utilities and essential services.

Productivity scores are calculated using a weighted algorithm that factors in cloud tool usage, communication frequency and type, meeting load, document interactions and system activity patterns. Trends were analyzed and compared against Q2 2025 benchmarks. All data is fully anonymized and collected in compliance with Prodoscore’s strict privacy standards.

About Prodoscore

Prodoscore™ is an AI-powered and employee-centric data intelligence solution dedicated to making teams more successful. By providing clarity on what employees need to do to maintain optimal productivity, without feeling pressured by meaningless metrics, Prodoscore helps empower people, streamline processes, identify opportunities for workforce optimization, and ensure better-informed decision making. Prodoscore’s unique dataset, consisting of thousands of daily activity points across various core business applications, provides customers with meaningful insights that drive results.

As a cloud-based solution, Prodoscore works seamlessly with tools like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, CRM systems, UCaaS, and other business productivity apps, allowing it to be quickly implemented and easily maintained.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Prodoscore is backed by PSG Equity. Learn more at prodoscore.com.

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