The Four-Day Week Trial Nobody Wanted to End
A large multi-country trial of the four-day working week reported that almost every participating company chose to keep the shorter week once the study finished. Staff reported lower burnout and better sleep, while revenue held steady or rose across most of the firms. The catch is that the model worked best in offices and struggled in shift-based and customer-facing industries.
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If your company gave you Fridays off for the same pay, what would you do with the extra day?
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Which job could never work on a four-day week, and what do we owe the people doing it?
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Would you take a four-day week if it came with a ten percent pay cut?
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Perfect for a Friday. Light, a bit cheeky, nobody gets angry. Exactly what the slot needs.
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Love that the questions are written for radio, not for a blog. Short, open, easy to say out loud.