A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses.

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That’s awesome that you approached them for the adjustment and they accepted! Did your pay scale as well or remain the same if that’s not impolite to ask?

I’m a project manager in software and it’s lovely to know there are good places out there still. Thanks so much for sharing your positive experience!

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Pay scaled linearly. But it’s still a “pay raise” because lower income means lower taxes 😂

I’m a project manager in software and it’s lovely to know there are good places out there still. Thanks so much for sharing your positive experience!

At my company, there are quite a few PMs actually also doing 4 day work weeks - or workations. It’s quite nice. I like that the company isn’t like “you live to work for us” but instead they’re like “Hey, here are some nice things you can work on - but we know, that work is simply part of life and needs balance.”

Really appreciate that.

I initially started the reduction, as I realised, that pro-actively speaking, I think that my current work “deserves” 24h of my week rather than full 40h. It’s just not so important for my life. And I’m happy to be able to proactively make this decision.

If you’re interested, I can tell you about the company via DM 😄

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“Hey, here are some nice things you can work on - but we know, that work is simply part of life and needs balance.”

That sounds like a great approach to take!

I initially started the reduction, as I realised, that pro-actively speaking, I think that my current work “deserves” 24h of my week rather than full 40h. It’s just not so important for my life. And I’m happy to be able to proactively make this decision.

That’s a good mindset to practice! I’ll have to keep it in mind. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

Edit: I did try to DM you but it keeps kicking me to my subscription page

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That’s a good mindset to practice! I’ll have to keep it in mind. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

Happy to hear your appreciate it 😊 Pro-activity is a game changer for life.

I sent you a dm via the web interface. did you receive?

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