Is the four-day workweek going to be another luxury that divides America?
and the research group Autonomy tracked productivity, profits, worker attitudes, morale, absenteeism and turnover.
The results were breathtaking — in the U.K., Iceland, Spain and everywhere else the experiment was tested. The U.K. companies reported a 35-percent increase in revenue overall, compared to similar periods in the previous year and fewer people called in sick. A huge majority — 91 percent — are sticking with the four-day schedule after the pilot program.
“The health and well-being of employees also improved, with significant increases observed in physical and mental health, time spent exercising, and overall life and job satisfaction,” according to the report on the pilot program. “Rates of stress, burnout and fatigue all fell, while problems with sleep declined.”There are three R’s you need to get done over the weekend: rest, repair and recreate.
Maybe it was possible to get all those things done in the 1920s. But there’s a big difference. In 1920,of the American workforce was female. That meant that 80 percent of the nation’s households had women who stayed home and did so much of the day-to-day work that allowed a family more recreation and resting time during the weekend.
“Time with my family. That would be so important,” said a 40-year-old security guard I met at Union Station. He didn’t want me to use his name because he didn’t want his new employer to think he wants to work less, but his eyes lit up when I explained the study. “I have three kids. Oh, to spend more time with them,” he said, holding his hand to his heart.“This is my son,” he pointed to him. “He is severely autistic. Like I help him get dressed, like that. He goes to work with me.
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