Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%

Posted by tj-teej on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:29PM
from the insider.com dept.

https://www.insider.com/microsoft-4-day-work-week-boosts-productivity-2019-11

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Re:Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and product... by bradleybuda on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:24AM (#21449881)

Strange that the article doesn’t talk about how Microsoft is rolling out this change worldwide. You’d think they would - a zero-cost intervention that increases productivity 40%? Slam dunk!

So what’s more likely, that MSFT management is publicizing this result but not planning to implement it, or that this lightly-sourced Business Insider piece that talks mostly about a different company is dramatically overstating things to get clicks?

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Re:Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and product... by henryshtang on Monday November 04, 2019 @10:00PM (#21449201)

How do they measure productivity?

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Re:Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and product... by cgranier on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:15PM (#21488803)

According to this CNN article (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/tech/microsoft-japan-workweek...), they measured "sales by employee" and compared with the previous year.

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Re:Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and product... by beatgammit on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:00AM (#21452923)

Personal reporting? Seems reliable...

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Re:Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and product... by some346 on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:41PM (#21448810)

Any US based experiments?

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Re:Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and product... by sippeangelo on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:31AM (#21449909)

Why did they stop?

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