Numerous studies are confirming that the shorter our working week the more productive we are.
In today’s world we have so many more demands on our time. We can’t honestly focus on our job 5 days a week! There’s always a distraction: from our baby needing to go to the doctors to having to renew our driving licenses. It would be nice if these appointments could be made for the weekends but in most countries the weekends are effectively closed for business.
Surveys are already confirming that a 4 day week offers a better work life balance and contributes to the overall wellness of an individual. Trials being run in several cities reflect that 67% of people would prefer to continue working on this basis.
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Many companies are more receptive now to this mode of working due in part to the experience they saw with their employees working from home during Covid. They witnessed that productivity was not compromised and that the business itself even benefited from lower utility bills whilst their employees worked from home. Some firms have downgraded their physical office space on a permanent basis now, affording them even more savings.
