Shoulder surgery is one of the procedures that unavoidably impacts on patients’ work capacity. As current data focus on restoring range of motion, strength, and the patients’ activity, to this day the data about RTW post shoulder surgery remain limited. A common understanding of the dual role of work is that it not only secures financial independence, but also acts as a significant source of psychosocial well-being and substantially participates in making life a meaningful one. e cost of incapacity is likely to be a multifactorial concern for both employers and employees, so the inability to return to work (RTW) can have a devastating impact on both mental health and self-confidence. e purpose of this study was to evaluate the return-to-work time of patients treated with rotator cu repair (RCR) and to evaluate if patient-reported outcomes (PROM) correlate with the incapacity to work a er RCR. We performed a retrospective review by conducting a questionnaire with patients more than months a er surgery and we identified patients who met the criteria for the study and were able to contact & of them. In this paper we demonstrate that patients a er RCR returned to work on average within &. ( months post-surgery and patients with o ce work returned to work faster than physical workers. Patient-reported outcomes may not correlate with time needed to return to work, but they correlate with time needed to return to physical activity.