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"Three and a half months ago, the biggest four-day workweek trial in the world
to date kicked off in the UK. Over 3,300 employees from 70 different
companies—including everything from large corporations to small neighborhood
pubs—started getting 100 percent of their pay for working 80 percent of their
typical schedule. Sounds like a pretty good deal, right? The catch was, they
had to maintain 100 percent of their productivity.
Translation? Get the same amount of money for doing the same amount of work in
less time.
It still doesn’t sound like a bad deal. The six-month trial reached its halfway
point earlier this month, and a report summarizing results thus far was
released last week. The Cliffs Notes version is, it’s going well;
unsurprisingly, people like having an extra day of their lives back.
The trial is being run by 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit coalition of business
leaders, community strategists, designers, and advocacy thought leaders
invested in the transition to reduced working hours.
Researchers from Boston College, Oxford, and Cambridge are monitoring the
trial’s impact on employee productivity and well-being, looking at indicators
around stress and burnout, health, sleep, energy use, and general job and life
satisfaction."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
