A four-day week can work - if staff and employers can deal with the challenges
A four-day week can work - if staff and employers can deal with the challenges
READING: It sounds like a dream for many people currently working five days a week: how about just doing four days and having a long weekend?
When the weekends feel too short and the pressure of holding down a full-time job pushes workers to the limit, a four-day working week may appear very attractive. How does this happen in practice though, and can it become commonplace? Well, recent news about four-day working week trials show different outcomes.
Results from the biggest trial in the UK (involving more than 60 companies and nearly 3,000 employees) showed that 89% of participating companies are still implementing the four-day week, and 51% have decided to make it permanent. The study reveals a drop in employees’ burnout and fewer people leaving jobs, which is consistent with other studies.
