Work Culture: More Companies Are Saying 4-Day Work Week Is Actually Good For Business

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Jobs in India are mainly divided into 2 groups - ones that have six days working and one that have five days working. Employees looking to join are often looking for the latter as one more day to unwind and relax in a week is the most perfect thing.However, in case you didn’t know, various companies are looking to extend this to a day further -- with a four-day work routine, where people work for 10 hours each day from Monday to Thursday. I know it sounds too good to be true, but it actually is.



Various companies in the US and other countries around the world have adopted this work routine and surprisingly, it has helped the company get more productive. Yes, it sounds odd how working one day less can help generate more work, but it surprisingly does.

Spike in recruitment:
According to a recent report in NPR, a fast-food joint dubbed Shake Shack started with a 32-hour-week. It has been testing this over a year and half, they’ve seen a considerable spike in recruitment. According to Shake Shack’s President Tara Comonte, the staff likes that this gives them the ability to take their child to school one day or pay a day less for babysitting/ daycare.

More sales, happy employees:
During November, Even Microsoft tried four-days a week trial last summer and saw a whopping 40 percent improvement in productivity -- quantified in sales per employee. The shortened weeks also led to more efficient meetings, happier workers.

One day off as an incentive for better productivity:
Another company in the New Zealand called Perpetual Guardian decided to take this switch after seeing the impact on the mental health of the employees as well as their families. They started with a batch of 240 employees and partnered with academic researchers in Auckland that looked at the effects of working four days a week.

Authorities trying to make this the norm:
Even authorities are working to bring the four-day working routine through a legal path. In the US, a Washington State senator introduced a bill to make 32-hour weeks a standard. Even the prime minister in Russia Dimitry Mehedev is working to make four-day working weeks a norm.

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soothsayer

REALLY WORKS! LESSER DAYS MORE WORK AND MORE RELAXATION

bookgod2017

I think this is a good initiative in this age , As it is there is so much anxiety and deep dissatisfation, this will help people have a more balanced life and in turn will increase productivity.

chanakyakripa

Nice idea.

asr335704

Yeah, I would really love to have 4-days work week.

GimmeABook2Read

I totally support this idea. Nowadays managing work life balance is clearly a challenge and that is one of the reasons for higher health related issues in white collar jobs.