https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-business-says-a-4-day-week-with-pay-for-5-works/
The idea sprang from research that found people are typically engaged at work for fewer than three hours a day, said Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes. He said he started to think about the pressures that employees are under -- sick kids or waiting for the plumber -- and how those stresses affect productivity and cut back on hours spent in the office.
For some of us, less stress results in better sleep, resulting in fewer mistakes and more productivity.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday July 22 2018, @10:42PM
I'm a USian, and at one contract engineering company I worked for, the general communication and asking for help and chatter got so bad they had to institute a 2-hour quiet time in the mornings. It wasn't the interruptions that were so disruptive, it was the constant anxiety about when the next interruption would come. People still talked and asked for help, just quieter.