The idea of a four-day or shorter work week is gaining momentum around the world – thanks in large part to the remote working boom during the Covid-19 pandemic.
a recent study from 4 day week globalA nonprofit group running a pilot program of the four-day week in several countries found that employees expressed satisfaction with their overall productivity and performance.
“The idea of reducing working hours has been around for a long time,” said Charlotte Lockhart, founder and managing director of 4 Day Week Global. “However, it is now real. We have thousands of companies around the world that are actually reducing working hours in one way or another.”
However, shortening the workweek to four days isn’t a good fit for every company. Alter Agents, a Los Angeles-based market research company, found that this was not a good fit for their employees.
“What happened after 10 weeks was that there was a decline in our most valuable metrics, which were employee health and mental health. [before and after] Survey, “said Rebecca Brooks, CEO of Alter Agents. There are many reasons for this, but ultimately, the goal was to make our employees’ lives easier, and we were making theirs more complicated.”
Watch the video above to find out what the four-day work week will look like working life in the future.