Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an 'unmitigated success'

Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by extralego on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:37PM (#17569576)

But the employees will use that extra day to search for another job. Not good for business. It’s better that the employees have their time stretched thin so that commitment and dependence is kept high.

This is how we do it and it’s great. Honestly I don’t think employees even realize this is our reasoning.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by sctb on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:59PM (#17569733)

Could you please work on making your comments more substantive? Broad claims without evidence just kick up silt.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by threeseed on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:04PM (#17569779)

You have to be joking right ? Because this is pure idiocy.

You can visit job sites through your mobile phone whilst your having coffee or lunch and attend interviews when you're claiming to be sick or have some family commitments.

If I am looking for another job I can assure you I am doing it 7 days a week and having an extra day off isn't going to change that.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by overcast on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:48PM (#17569664)

...and then you reach your 30's and realize you're wasting your life in work.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by s73v3r_ on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:59PM (#17570703)

Whoa, there. He didn't say they do that to management.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by idbehold on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:38PM (#17569588)

If only weeks were 8 days long then I could work two full-time jobs.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by dguaraglia on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:44PM (#17569629)

You must work for Apple :P

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by NeoBasilisk on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:01PM (#17569754)

not sure if satire

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