More companies are finding success with the four-day workweek. A recent trial of 33 companies had overwhelmingly successful results. A real-world experiment just proved that we should all shift to a four-day workweek The results are in: It’s time for your company to stop working on Fridays (or Mondays). The latest, perhaps most convincing evidence yet for the shift to a four-day workweek comes from a six-month trial which began in February 2022 in which 33 companies with employees in six countries decreased their employees’ workload to four days, or 32 hours, a week. Organized by 4 Day Week Global, the real-world experiment sought to see whether the employees could be just as productive in 80% of the time — all for the same pay. The results were overwhelmingly positive: Companies in the program reported increased revenue and improved employee health and well-being, and had a positive impact on the environment. And after the success, a hundred more companies that together employ thousands of people are considering or are already implementing the same approach. So if you’ve ever tried to persuade your boss to shift to a four-day workweek, this is the best evidence yet that it can work. […]
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