4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees

Re:4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees by jrockway on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:00PM (#34930058)

I would expect to see more than a 20% salary drop, sine the cost of your healthcare and other benefits doesn't decrease when you work one less day.

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Re:4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees by pastacacioepepe on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:29PM (#34930394)

What if productivity stays on a similar level?

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Re:4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees by t-writescode on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:48PM (#34930581)

To add, that has been the results of studies like this.

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Re:4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees by tehf0x on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:25AM (#34934926)

Honestly I think I may be even slightly more productive, but whatever, I make more than I can spend, I don't think any amount of money would make me work 5 days/week (I mean that quite literally, unless it was maybe for a couple months, and in the 1e6 ballpark, my time on earth is just too valuable to me).

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Re:4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees by tehf0x on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:22AM (#34934914)

Hi welcome to Europe.

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Re:4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees by jrockway on Sunday February 26, 2023 @02:35PM (#34948593)

I'm guessing this comment is along the lines of "companies don't pay for healthcare in Europe, so this doesn't apply", but there are other sources of overhead. Anything that is not a profit center is a cost center; buying you your workstation and software, having HR around to resolve disputes between employees, etc. Those things still happen in Europe.

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