Several trials of a four-day workweek done in Iceland were overwhelmingly successful. Many workers started working shorter hours and this didn’t affect their productivity negatively. In fact, in some cases, it actually improved it. Researchers say this is groundbreaking proof for the efficacy of reducing work hours for the well-being […]
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CEO Gives His Employees $2000 to Go on Vacation & Says They’re more Productive
Mark Douglas is a CEO of the SteelHouse, a marketing and advertising company which doesn’t give many options to his workers when it comes to vacations-there’s only one-they have to go. They may either take a long vacation in one year or break it into shorter ones. Either way they […]
Microsoft Implements 4-Day Work Week in Japan-Productivity Increases 40 Percent
Nowadays, more and more smaller companies are trying out a 4-day work week. And, Microsoft is one of them- a recent trial they made suggests that this model may work for big businesses as well. This summer, in their quarters in Japan, the company implemented the Work Life Choice Challenge […]