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"This past summer saw the launch of the biggest four-day workweek trial in the
world, as 3,300 people across several different types of businesses in the UK
started working 80 percent of their regular hours for 100 percent of their pay.
Employees had to maintain the same level of productivity they had while working
five days per week, and assess the new schedule’s impact on various aspects of
their mental and physical well-being.
Halfway through the six-month trial, feedback from both employees and companies
was overwhelmingly positive; people felt they were more productive and less
stressed, and some businesses even saw their financial performance improve.
All the while, a whole other four-day work week experiment was quietly underway
on the other side of the pond(s). Run by the same organization—a nonprofit
coalition called 4 Day Week Global—this trial involved 903 employees across 33
companies, with the largest proportion (40 percent) based in the US. The
remainder were in Australia, Ireland, the UK, New Zealand, and Canada."
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
