Adopting a four -day work week can improve the mental health of employees and increase the final result of a company, according to a new study.
After studying 245 non -profit companies and organizations that have put a four -day work week in their organizations in the last three years, Boston Economist College Juliet B. Schor, also a principal investigator at 4 days of the global week, writes in The Wall Street Journal That working one day less a week resulted in health benefits for employees. Almost 70% of workers reported reduced exhaustion, approximately 40% experienced better mental health and 37% saw a better physical health.
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The pilot programs have reached 8,700 employees worldwide, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Ireland, and have lasted at least six months in each company.
On the employer’s side, most of the organizations that piloted a four -day work week of improved metrics, including higher revenues and decreases. The results were so clear that around 90% of the more than 200 companies that began a six -month trial for June 2023 were still in a four -day work week schedule a year later.
The cloud computing supplier, which has 84 employees according to Pitchbook, tested the four -day week in 2020 and implemented it as a company’s policy in January 2021. The CIVO CEO, Mark Boost The registration In April, the company has continued a four -day work week during the last four years after the positive comments of the staff and without decreased productivity.
“All employees are in a four -day week and most employees opt for Fridays. The registration.
Kickstarter also works in a four -day week, which began as a pilot program in 2021. Employee commitment has increased 50% as a result. Kickstarter’s CEO, Everette Taylor, told Kevin O’Leary in July that employees are “very productive” in their four days of work a week.
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However, a four -day week can have disadvantages. According to him BBCReducing the work week for a day can lead to a more intense workload in the four days of traninals, potentially causing more employee stress.
In 2019, Microsoft Japan gave its workforce of 2,300 people five Fridays in August without cutting their salary. The four -day work weeks led to 40% more productivity, and employees took away 25% less duration of time in the essay, according to the study. Despite the promising findings, Microsoft finished the program after thundering it without giving a reason not to implement the four -day work week as a permanent policy.
Even so, a survey recently shows that more than three out of every five American employees want a four -day work week, even if they have to work more hours. The survey, published by Livecare in January, surveyed 1,130 Americans about their thoughts on a four -day work week, working 10 hours.
Almost 70% of employees supported a four -day week, predicting that they would make them more productive and lead to a better balance between working and personal life.
Adopting a four -day work week can improve the mental health of employees and increase the final result of a company, according to a new study.
After studying 245 non -profit companies and organizations that have put a four -day work week in their organizations in the last three years, Boston Economist College Juliet B. Schor, also a principal investigator at 4 days of the global week, writes in The Wall Street Journal That working one day less a week resulted in health benefits for employees. Almost 70% of workers reported reduced exhaustion, approximately 40% experienced better mental health and 37% saw a better physical health.