[HN Gopher] 4-day week made permanent for 89% UK firms who took ...
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       4-day week made permanent for 89% UK firms who took part in Worlds
       biggest trial
        
       Author : robaato
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2024-02-21 18:43 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | robaato wrote:
       | Clarifying - not 89% of UK firms overall - but those in the
       | trial! Of the 61 organisations that took part in a six-month UK
       | pilot in 2022, 54 (89%) are still operating the policy a year
       | later, and 31 (51%) have made the change permanent.
        
         | oluwie wrote:
         | i think that's implied by accurately reading the title
        
           | lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote:
           | It is but the title also appears to be wrong. It was only
           | made permanent for 51% (31 of 61) of those in the trial. The
           | 89% are still operating the policy but that haven't
           | necessarily formally adopted it as permanent.
           | 
           | > Research shows 51% that took part permanently adopted the
           | change, while 89% still operating policy one year on
        
       | webel0 wrote:
       | > Most gave their staff one full day off a week, either universal
       | or staggered.
       | 
       | I think that this will start to take off if stakeholders can
       | start to coalesce around a single day. Either Monday or Friday.
       | Once you build up the expectation that people are off on a given
       | day, it becomes that much easier for a new firm to adopt
       | (because, e.g., none of their counterparties are in the office).
        
         | dugmartin wrote:
         | I'd rather it was Wednesday I think. Work two days, have a day
         | off, work two days and have two days off seems more attractive
         | to me long term.
        
           | r2_pilot wrote:
           | I've found when I take mental health days they tend to be on
           | Wednesdays (usually afternoon only), which tracks.
        
           | dave4420 wrote:
           | I agree with you, but I think plenty of people would prefer
           | to go away for a three day weekend holiday sometimes.
        
       | TrackerFF wrote:
       | Last time I discussed (results from a similar study) this with
       | some higher ups, their knee-jerk reactions was: _" If they
       | managed to deliver as much in 4 days as they previously did in 5
       | days, then it sounds like they were slacking off more prior to
       | the experiment."_
       | 
       | I think that for _some_ leaders, no data in the world is going to
       | convince them that one day less of butts in the seat can be a
       | positive thing. They 'll forever chase the idea of maximizing
       | 5-day workweeks, and that's that.
        
         | BriggyDwiggs42 wrote:
         | Change will probably come when they age out
        
           | toomuchtodo wrote:
           | Progress occurs one funeral at a time. - Max Planck
        
         | grecy wrote:
         | That sounds like a very clear sign it's time for you to fire
         | your boss and find a better one.
        
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