A six-month trial testing the costs and benefits of a four-day working week across a number of different businesses has ended in success.
Sixty-one employers across the UK took part in the trial, and were all keen to permanently implement the new work pattern upon its completion.
A report assessing the impact of the alternative working hours found it had “extensive benefits”, particularly for employees’ well-being.
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But the tories never intended to implement it permanently.
What a bunch of snowflakes. Doing more work in less time and actually taking care of themselves!
This idea of 4 day work week seems easier if you have an office job /Manager on salary
If you are paid by the hour at mcdonalds im sure you would have to do 1 longer day?
Yes we need 4 working days
Will never take off, the UK is driven by greed.
Those management department , working on salary , the less time the better.
❤ the concept.
Ha! Been doing this since 2006. An extra 52 days a year off, who would want that. However, I do work a compressed work week. 35 hours a week in 4 days. More time for kids, Mountain biking, snowboarding, and general slacking around. Just one thing, don't get the government involved. They'll screw it up for sure.
Its amazing how so many can live in a bubble.
How about healthcare workers? Can they work a 4 day week ? Who is gonna cover all the shifts? There are too little workers as is.
This is basicly only possible in specific branches that honestly, dont do much most of their day.. thats why its possible.
1Yeh, in singapore workers are kings and queens!!!🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊ha…,we=workers will make sure bosses go bankruptcy….
What about people who work in labor
Not for factory shift workers 😢
dude I've talked with a bunch of managers trying to get our schedule changed to to 4 10 hours instead of 5 8 hours, the idea isn't even being considered seriously. Blows my mind, also Nevada USA
Who would've thought
Man we need this in the US
or donate 20% your wage to the poor yeah, be the best you can be
pay them 20% less and its a great idea
as long as i can miss a day of school
you do not know, what you are saying: a 4-day-week can never be more productive than a 5-day-week. This is mathematically impossible!
This is only possible in the case, if the employees have not worked full 5-days of the week. They might be in the job place 5 days of the week, but they have not worked 5 days.
4 day working week is a great idea don't listen to these Muppet ministers saying not to do them at the end of the day the government control to much of what the people do and companies take too much time away from hard working people when we all want to spend more time with the people that truly matter to us our loved ones ….Pro 4 day working week!! Why are humans rushing around and working so much?? Who do we do this for none other than greedy money orientated companies?
Wait, so
spendingwasting only 57% of your life making the CEO slightly richer instead of 71% is a GOOD thing‽ 🤯 Imagine if you spent LESS than half of your life laboring away for others' profit…Four day builders so house takes longer and cost more would that be ok
I cant wait for this to be the new normal one day
People should stop being slaves to money. That's what needs to happen. You are sick if you think making people work unwillingly for $$$ is a good thing.
I thought that it would never be enough! Like man’s desire is never enough. Maybe no work at all :)))
Imagine this in Japan… The whole country will collapse…
Less stress and more days to make babies.
Work smarter, not harder.
BRING IT ON, BABY! BRING IT OOOOONN!!!
100 % of the pay, for 80% of the hours……
That’s fine, and there will be those who prefer a five day week, and reap the benefits. Paying people the same money for less hours might work for some, but not everyone. Self employed people would lose a days pay, and possibly not care too much. They wouldn’t be able to charge more to compensate for a lost day, as they would price themselves out of their market, and people being people, many on a four day week would resort to their normal, relaxed office routine in time, where they wouldn’t do as much in four days as they did in five days. They’d get paid the same , so why bother. It would be against their human rights to be put back on a five day week!
If its good, THEN KEEP IT!!!!!
4 day, 20 hour work week. Unironically. Let’s f*cking goooo!
Will see this redone in America im like 10-15 years. We are always so far behind Europeans 🤡
Worked 4 tens for years and loved it. Now it's looking like I'm going to have to go back to 5 eights. Not looking forward to it.
BREAKING NEWS: Working staff to death is shown to be unprofitable.
Sorry i révise my englosh
It must be like that, in future eventually to 3 days*.. people are realizing and for the lives' comforts otherwise many leave and be independent ie digital influencers, working on their hours….
See you future people been 3 days?
Cannot wait this is to be at my work one day. Hopefully soon🤞
I hope this becomes worldwide, as the Ford did in the US, so we must continue to do, work smart, not harder