Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output

Re:Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut ... by jlarocco on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:20PM (#19203457)

So where are these statistics? All I've seen in this thread, and others on the topic, are anecdotes. If people are going to complain about how it didn't work for them then it's only fair to mention how well it worked for the company I was at.

I also disagree that my comments haven't been helpful. There's a difference between the concept of "unlimited PTO" and any particular implementation of it, and it's important to know where a problem is coming from. Perhaps there should be regulations around it, but getting rid of it entirely, as suggested elsewhere in this thread, isn't the answer.

We wouldn't ban all cars because one brand is unsafe, so let's not get rid of all unlimited PTO policies just because some companies do it wrong.

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Re:Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut ... by bluntfang on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:56AM (#19207449)

>All I've seen in this thread, and others on the topic, are anecdotes.

Great observation! Statistically, there are more anecdotes in this thread with employees with negative experiences with good ones. I think that's a great starting point.

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Re:Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:59AM (#19207466)

And, as usual with self-reporting, accept that folks with experiences on the extreme are more likely to be motivated to speak up.

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