Once You Try a Four-Day Workweek, It's Hard to Go Back
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#2For workers, sure. We said the same thing about WFH, and well, employers disagreed as soon as they were able to.
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#3Archive: https://archive.ph/6EtcE
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#4For workers, sure. We said the same thing about WFH, and well, employers disagreed as soon as they were able to.
Apparently for employers as well:
"Employers saw benefits, too: 70% reported that recruiting workers was easier once they went to a four-day schedule—a boon in a country where many industries complain that intense competition for talent drives up costs. A dozen participants reported details of their financial performance, showing revenue and profit were stable overall."
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#5Don't all life's comforts work this way?
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#6Once You Try a Three-Day Workweek, It's Hard to Go Back
Re: Once You Try a Four-Day Workweek, It's Hard to Go Back
#7For workers, sure. We said the same thing about WFH, and well, employers disagreed as soon as they were able to.
Apparently for employers as well: "Employers saw benefits, too: 70% reported that recruiting workers was easier once they went to a four-day schedule—a boon in a country where many industries complain that intense competition for talent drives up costs. A dozen participants reported details of their financial performance, showing revenue and profit were stable overall."
The exact same things have been shown for WFH as well, but that data is being overridden by the emotions and gut feelings of CEOs. When investors are pressuring you to make more money, doing RTO is a big, highly visible thing that feels good and is much simpler than analyzing and improving a business's fundamentals.
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#8For workers, sure. We said the same thing about WFH, and well, employers disagreed as soon as they were able to.
I mean, just about every trend encounters an equivalent amount of pushback, but there does seem to be a (very gradual) shift towards WFH happening. My guess is it'll follow demographic lines, with younger people working half- or even full-time remote and older people sticking to mostly in person work.
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#9> Employers saw benefits, too: 70% reported that recruiting workers was easier once they went to a four-day schedule—a boon in a country where many industries complain that intense competition for talent drives up costs.
I mean, that's definitely going away if all other employers also move to four-day workweeks, so it seems like you shouldn't factor that in as one of the benefits of this schedule.
Re: Once You Try a Four-Day Workweek, It's Hard to Go Back
#10Wait til you try a one day workweek