07/16/2021

The Four-day Workweek Perception Problem

Organizations must begin to value contributions versus optics

A series of trials have come to an end that have found that a four-day workweek would be a net positive to both workers and their productivity. The trial specifically moved workers from a 40-hour workweek to either a 35 or 36-hour workweek at the same pay grade.

The way that this has been covered suggests that the study actually removed people from an entire day of the working week, which is not what it did, and indeed the narrative has quickly become around “companies shifting to a four day work week.”

There has been much handwringing over the idea that businesses will have “an extra weekend day,” and the Washington Post’s Christine Emba made some points around what this extra day means.

Please select this link to read the complete blog post from Ed Zitron.