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It sounds too good to be true, but companies around the world that have cut their work week have found that it leads to higher productivity, more motivated staff and less burnout.
"It is much healthier and we do a better job if we're not working crazy hours," said Jan Schulz-Hofen, founder of Berlin-based project management software company Planio, who introduced a four-day week to the company's 10-member staff earlier this year.
In New Zealand, trust company Perpetual Guardian reported a fall in stress and a jump in staff engagement after it tested a 32-hour week earlier this year.
Even in Japan, the government is encouraging companies to allow Monday mornings off, although other schemes in the workaholic country to persuade employees to take it easy have had little effect.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Friday December 21 2018, @07:13PM
Cut out a few of those meetings and replace them with smaller, more productive talks around the coffee pot. Choose stable platforms where the developers are active and understand the value of a stable API and change management and stick to them. No, you don't have to constantly grab at the new shiny, Here's the spoiler: It's about the same as the old shiny. Then cut the hours back.
You might think that cutting the hours back is crazy, but the remaining hours will be more productive, so, in fact, you'll be surprised how much happens in 32 hours.
Honestly, much of this is on management. Demote them. No, I don't mean strip them of their position, I mean make it clear that they work for the team as much or more than the team works for them. They are to be facilitators, not dictators. It is just as much their job to advocate for their team with upper management as it is to deliver edicts from on high to their team.