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posted by Fnord666 on Friday December 21 2018, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-about-a-one-day-week? dept.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-world-work-fourdayweek/burnout-stress-lead-more-companies-to-try-a-four-day-work-week-idUSKBN1OG0GY

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 21 2018, @08:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 21 2018, @08:16PM (#777304)

    Existence is a spectrum.

    If they are really that incompetent then they should be fired. I would say it is more likely that modern corporate management is so detached from their production realities that bad deadlines are created and must be adhered to OR ELSE!

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