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.
It turns out if you stop making people pretend to work, they work! What a concept.
Anybody else find it a bit gross that with an already productive workforce, the ‘issue’ of the 4 day work week needs to be framed like this…instead of it being about giving people their time and lives back without a reduction in pay?
still waiting for this to happen in the global scale! One can hope for it
I was lying in bed last night thinking about how great a 4 day work week would be and how it would allow me to actually accomplish things that I can’t today because Saturday becomes the day to do all the errands I can’t do during the work week and Sunday is a hybrid of chores, socializing, and relaxing… assuming I don’t have training or maintenance scheduled at my volunteer gig. Having a day where I can focus on a hobby or interest in a relaxing manner without other obligations lurking would be so delightful!
And while I recognize that people manage to do all those things and don’t have an issue with it, that’s great for them! I struggle thanks to being neurodivergent and that additional day not working each week would drastically improve my quality of life. I know this because when I take a Friday or Monday off, I’m able to do all the things I need and get the me time I also need to be a happy, healthy human.
My workplace implemented Summer Hours. I’m remote as is, but being remote and only doing 4 days a week? My friend I feel like I finally have time to do what neuro-typical do. Although I’m still not satisfied with 40 hour work weeks, this finally feels like what people described living to feel like. No more task initiation problems, less piling backlog of health things I never have the time or availability to schedule for. Glorious
Did they switch to 4x10 or to a 4x8?