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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by tobltobs on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:39PM (#17570541)
> Am I missing something here?

You missed:

"Staff stress levels decreased by 7% across the board as a result of the trial, while stimulation, commitment and a sense of empowerment at work all improved significantly, with overall life satisfaction increasing by 5%."

or

"Employees designed a number of innovations and initiatives to work in a more productive and efficient manner, from automating manual processes to reducing or eliminating non-work-related internet usage,"

tl;dr: (Sometimes, maybe, for some time) decrease of work time is compensated by increase in productivity,

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by taejavu on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:06PM (#17570753)
Neither of these quotes, nor anything in the article, claims that productivity levels were equal to what they were with a 5 day week, let alone increased.

How you derived that tl;dr is beyond me, you can't just draw your own conclusions and call it a summary.

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