U.K. 4 Day Work Week Trial is earning surprisingly positive results
⏰ More time, and the same money. But this time, you aren’t working extra hours. In London, England, an experiment is afoot - a 4-day work week. For the same rate of pay that employees are used to, they are being asked to cut their weekly hours by 20% in exchange for delivering 10% of their usual work output. Currently, 95% of the participants who were surveyed by 4 Day Week Global say that productivity levels have either stayed the same or even improved.
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