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A comment on Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but experts split. Parent comment

Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:03AM (#27576467)
It is an open secret that people who are productive only 2/3 of the time in 40 hours/week would be productive only 2/3 of the time in 32 hours/week as well.
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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by rainonmoon on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:58AM (#27576692)
I hear what you're saying, but anecdotally I just cut my days back and find myself a lot more energised and engaged when actually at work. I haven't really compared my degree of output yet, but I can at least say I'm a lot more emotionally invested in the results of my work and my job satisfaction is higher. One's mileage may vary.
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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by Arcanum-XIII on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:57AM (#27576681)
That's patently untrue: most of my colleague working 3 or 4 days a week are more focused their days in.

The invert is true though: a task will evolve to take the time alloted to it, I see that regularly with "unconstrained" project running amok. Those with fixed time are way more efficient and finish with a minimum of overtime.

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