ALBAWABA – A year since 61 companies in the UK agreed to join a study to explore a 4-day work week, 89 percent of the companies decided to keep the structure after newly released study revealed that reduced working hours increase a company's total output.
The study started in 2022 by the research organization Autonomy, alongside the 4-Day Week Campaign and 4-Day Week Global, prompting participating firms to complete their usual workload but with 80 percent of the available weekly work time, without any wage reductions.
A year later, 89 percent of the companies decided to extend the new work model until the end of the year with 51 percent implementing the 4-day work week as a permanent structure, with the CEO and managers of every single one of the companies reporting “positive” and “very positive” results on their firms in a follow-up survey.
For many, jobs with a good work-life balance is just as important as a competitive salary 🧘♂️
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82 percent of the organizations questioned said that the new 4-day framework had a favorable influence on employee well-being and mental health when asked about its effects. The survey also found that 32 percent of respondents felt that the strategy was significantly helping their recruiting efforts, and 50 percent observed favorable benefits on lowering staff turnover.
Based on a recent survey conducted on behalf of the UK 4-Day Week Campaign, 58 percent of the people polled anticipate that the 4-day work week will become the norm by 2030, as reported by ABC News.
