Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
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Re: Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
#2Any US based experiments?
Re: Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
#3How do they measure productivity?
Re: Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
#4Strange that the article doesn’t talk about how Microsoft is rolling out this change worldwide. You’d think they would - a zero-cost intervention that increases productivity 40%? Slam dunk!
So what’s more likely, that MSFT management is publicizing this result but not planning to implement it, or that this lightly-sourced Business Insider piece that talks mostly about a different company is dramatically overstating things to get clicks?
Re: Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
#5Why did they stop?
Re: Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
#6How do they measure productivity?
Personal reporting? Seems reliable...
Re: Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
#7How do they measure productivity?
According to this CNN article (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/tech/microsoft-japan-workweek...), they measured "sales by employee" and compared with the previous year.