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if you had a full-time job with a normal saturday/sunday weekend and then were given the opportunity to add one more day off, with no reduction in overall pay, no additional working hours, no extra burden on coworkers, and no negative effects on customers/clients,
if you can't/don't want to work a full-time job, you can answer as if you did, or as if you consistently worked part-time hours five days a week, or just pick "other".
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Lots of people feel refreshed after a three-day weekend. How about having one every week?
Almost 200 companies around the world have completed six-month trials of a four-day workweek, with no reductions in employee pay. So far, the results are promising.
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Ayesha Khan says she isn't sure she could return to traditional work after shifting to a four-day work week.
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"How would I go back to that five-day life? It would be very difficult," said Khan, who works in client services for Sensei Labs, a Toronto-based software company.
"Being able to focus on both my physical and mental health, and just having the time to do that... it's been invaluable."
Khan is one of hundreds of employees in North America who now work four days a week after participating in a pilot project organized by the non-profit advocacy group 4 Day Week Global and researchers at Boston College.
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It has often been dismissed as utopian thinking, a pie-in-the-sky idea that wouldn’t survive contact with reality. But the four-day week has once again quietened critics, as the results of the world’s trial suggest that it’s a win-win for employees and their bosses.
Workers who adopted a shorter week with no loss of pay were found to be happier, more productive, took fewer sick days and generated more revenue for their employers, a landmark study has found.
The Study
Led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, England, the study assessed the impact of a pioneering four-day week trial, which took place in the UK between June and December 2022. Of the 61 firms that took part – among them online retailers, financial service providers and restaurants – 56 pledged to make the move permanent. [Note: That's 91% of the firms!!]
The Results
Researchers found that 71% of participants reported lower levels of burnout, with 39% saying they were less stressed than before the trial. What’s more, 60% found that they were better able to combine paid work with care responsibilities, while 62% said it was easier to combine work with their social lives.
Unsurprisingly, this translated into a 65% reduction in sick days, and a 57% drop in the number of staff leaving compared with the same six-month period the previous year.
Concerns that switching workers to a four-day week would impact profits did not materialise. In fact, when compared to a similar period from previous years, organisations reported revenue increases of 35 per cent on average.
Trials have continually proved successful
"We feel really encouraged by the results, which showed the many ways companies were turning the four-day week from a dream into a realistic policy, with multiple benefits,” said Dr David Frayne, research associate at University of Cambridge. “We think there is a lot here that ought to motivate other companies and industries to give it a try.”
The trial involved two months of preparation, with workshops, coaching, mentoring and peer support for participants. Resisting the idea that the trial must be ‘one-size-fits-all’, each firm designed a policy tailored to its particular needs.
Some academics have questioned the merits of a four-day week, arguing that it can create more stress for employees because they have the same amount of work to do in fewer hours.
Nevertheless, with trials taking place around the world, often with positive results, the shorter working week appears finally to be going mainstream.
Of the UK trial, Joe Ryle, director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, said: “This is a major breakthrough moment for the movement towards a four-day working week. Across a wide variety of different sectors of the economy, these incredible results show that the four-day week with no loss of pay really works.
“Surely the time has now come to begin rolling it out across the country.”
-via Positive News, 2/21/23
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Hey guys, remember that trial where a bunch of businesses tried out a four day work week with the same pay? Well, the trial is over, and the results are in:
That's right! 56 of the 61 firms are continuing the policy for now, and 18 are continuing it permanently! Many of them found that there was an increase in productivity, and all firms found less burnout and higher employee satisfaction. One firm even found that absentees descreased by 2/3rds!!!
This is incredible. If this catches on, by the time the UK's gen z are all working, many could be finding themselves working four days a week as the norm.
Good things are happening.
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Help a transmasc butch grad student out by answering some questions!
Hi everyone! This is the point in my MBA where I'm going to be annoying and ask if y'all could please fill out this quick survey for my capstone project?
It's 8 questions long, takes about a minute-ish to complete, and covers burnout, work/life balance, work environment alternatives, and a modified work week (ex: 4 days x 10hrs).
Anyone can take it including if you're not currently working and it's completely anonymous!
Please rb and spread this to as many people as possible!
Thank you!!
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Maryland is trying to trial a four day work week? Hello??? House Bill 181 https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0181F.pdf
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Absolutely wild to me that people will hear the question “do you want a 4 day work week” and immediately interpret that as having to work the missing day in the 4 instead of, you know, one less day of work with no strings attached.
#capitalism has melted all your brains#four day work week#universal basic income#ubi#4 day work week#capitalism#TJN#text post
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#the new statesman#political twitter#uk economy#recession#economic recession#uk news#uk politics#conservative party#energy crisis#cost of living#four day work week
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Had a four-day work week because of Easter and it's amazing. It's just one day but it seems so much shorter.
Four-day work weeks need to be implemented asap
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#march 2023#2023#articles#cnbc#jennifer liu#workers rights#employment#mark takano#four day work week
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laying in bed until the last possible moment
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"Moving to a four-day work week was once considered a non-starter for most institutions or businesses.
But the idea is receiving a thumbs up from local companies that have tried it, along with the B.C. Green Party, which is calling on the government to launch a provincewide four-day work week pilot to help workers find a better work-life balance.
"People are exhausted from trying to keep up with rising costs of living, inadequate health care, and working through a pandemic. Business owners and managers are facing a significant labour shortage and are struggling to keep employees," said B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau."
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