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Re:A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain ... by parineum on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:18AM (#34878732)
That's true for government because they have no competition. In the corporate world, excessive bloat leads to stifled innovation and eventual irrelevance then bankruptcy.

Sears could have been Amazon.

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Re:A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain ... by kqr on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:22AM (#34878768)
Sure, but that happens on the timescale of years or decades. Managers and executives work in quarters -- at best!
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Re:A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain ... by orwin on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:46AM (#34878985)
It's true for big companies too. Not for those in competitive environments, but with the mergers of the last 25 years, those are more and more rare.
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