Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling...
by BolexNOLA on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:18PM
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The argument is that if people work fewer hours per week, then they will spend less time slacking off. And the numbers so far show that to be true.
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Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling...
by scarab92 on Saturday September 30, 2023 @12:40AM
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Over the short term.
My concern is that the ratio of productive work time to idle time is invariant over the long time, and once my team gets used to 4 day work weeks (say in 12 months time) then they will return to this same otters.
The other concern I have with these studies, is that these companies appeared to be overstaffed in the first place. While we all have some amount of slack during our days, I doubt anyone in my team has enough slack available to get the same work done in 4 days.
I’d want to see a long term study that involves lean companies and people in non-creative roles before buying into the hype.