How The Four-Day Workweek Could Change The Future Of Work

The idea of a four-day or shorter workweek is gaining momentum worldwide - a big thanks to the remote work boom during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A recent study from 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit group that has been conducting four-day week pilot programs in several countries, found that employees expressed satisfaction with their overall productivity and performance.
"The idea of reducing work time has been around for quite some time," said Charlotte Lockhart, founder and managing director at 4 Day Week Global. "However, it is real now. We have thousands of companies around the world that are actually reducing work time in one way or another."
Shortening the workweek to four days isn't a good fit for every company, however. Alter Agents, a market research company, based in Los Angeles, found it didn't suit their employees.
"What happened after 10 weeks was that our most valuable metrics, which were employee health, and mental health, had declined in our [before and after] survey, " said Rebecca Brooks, CEO at Alter Agents. "There are a lot of reasons for that, but ultimately, the goal was to make our employees' lives easier, and we were making them more complicated."
Watch the video above to learn whether the four-day workweek is what working life will look like in the future.
Produced by: Anuz Thapa
Narration by: Jordan Smith
Supervising Producer: Jeff Morganteen
Graphics by: Jason Reginato, Christina Locopo, Mallory Brangan
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How The Four-Day Workweek Could Change The Future Of Work

[@eligreg99]

I fully support a 4 day work week and a 3 day weekend. I legit don’t feel like 2 days is enough for days off because usually I have to choose one of the days to relax and the other to get things done.

[@GothBatty]

Same.

[@russellm2555]

I support working 7 days a week from age 16-45 and retirement at 45.

[@eligreg99]

@@russellm2555 Half of us won’t even make it to 45 so why burn yourself out when tomorrow isn’t promised?

[@johniii8147]

Welcome to adulting.

[@Todd.T]

@@eligreg99 I'm over 45. Half if my friends aren't dead. Having no money or a defined goal to retirement is mentally stressing. Nothing is promised, nothing was for me or my parents. If you promise people a guaranteed future they will just lower the bar and do the minimum and complain anyway and just ask for more while doing less. I've managed to work at least 6 days a week for 20 years and I began working when I was 8. I've always had discretionary funds that nobody else had. Finally when I hit 44, I turned off all the extra work and used the money for investments which provides me with discretionary funds. I bought so much "stuff" I don't really need any more. All the extra goes to investing and I invest in green products and areas where the government has let the people down and medical. I'm not rich yet. Every rich person I know works at least 12 hours a day 6-7 days a week. They play hard too. The common element in us is that we do work we are passionate about. If you aren't doing that, you just want do work less and complain because you are more like a drone. Work doesn't have to mean, punch a clock and put your head down and type for 8 hours. If that's you, you made it that way.

[@CardinalSynth]

As a society, we need this more than we realize

[@PoringPoring951]

I don’t think this is applicable for the entirety of the “society”. 4 days work week only applicable for salary. If counting hourly laborers as well, then where do you draw the line of overtime? If there is overtime, do that get 1.5x the 32 hours condensed from 40 hours hourly rate? It’s something we all want. But how practical is it applicable for the entire “society”. Plus, as the video pointed out, it’s not an universal solution for all jobs.

[@zunedog31]

Entitlement?

[@mun-imahmu_rifah6742]

@@PoringPoring951 I think it's applicable for a majority of jobs. This is going to reduce unemployment too.

[@saulgoodman2018]

@@PoringPoring951 Overtime is anything over 40.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

We need more people who want to work $120 hours a week because they have a mission in life and can't stop.

[@FairBeautyEssentials]

I used to work 4 days / 10 hour shifts Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Man-oh-man was it the best!!! I didn’t have any worries or fears of having to use PTO or take time off of work just to go to doctors appointments during the weekday.

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain. Wouldn't have it any other way.

[@mechamicro]

Prefer mon-thurs

[@lessthantom2]

I’m all for a 4 day work week. As a society that is progressing with technology this is how it should be and should have been a long time ago.

[@valcrist7428]

That is true as well. I mean technolgy is here to improve people's lives and not force people to work more time..

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@lorascelsi8102]

1000 percent agree

[@justinc8147]

A 4 day work week will further the gap between rich and poor.

[@janradtke8318]

There was a time when a 5-day workweek was considered impossible.

[@stevechance150]

Without labor unions in the 1900's we'd be working 6 days a week, 12 hours per day, for the same pay we get now.

[@Todd.T]

If you'll notice they talk about Ford. On an assembly line, I might be able to crank it up and get more if people were alert. Where I think this is going. Shift work. People think they will get "three day weekends", nope, random days here and there. Shift times that give more human coverage around the clock. Productivity compensation so you'll get a low base pay and a percentage derived top up. Companies can agree to a hard minimum top up but getting pay balanced once a month might not arrive in time for the bills. Split shifts. Work from 8-12 and 6-10.

[@noob.168]

Working is for slaves. ZERO-day workweek is the way to go!

[@blacklyfe5543]

How

[@Todd.T]

@@blacklyfe5543 Unemployment. No respect. No self respect. Free housing that you'll get killed in. Government cheese. Sound familiar?

[@sa4769]

My employees work 4 days a week since the beginning of the pandemic, they love it, I love it, business is doing great.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@Nick-eu5lb]

Is it 32 hours a week? What day do you have off? What type of job?

[@KingTriton1837]

I'm all for a four day work week.

[@zunedog31]

Are you all in for a 20% pay cut?

[@Spooffie]

@@zunedog31 did you see where they said theyd be paid for 5 days??

[@zunedog31]

@@Spooffie Yeah I thought that was the funniest part

[@philoslother4602]

@@Spooffie won't happen

[@Spooffie]

@@philoslother4602 maybe not but people also thought wfh was not viable but that worked.

[@BigO4747]

My company has everyone work a uniform 4 day workweek with fridays as a part of the weekend. The longer days can sometimes drag (especially in the shorter winter days) but getting three full days to myself to travel, shop, or rest is 100% worth it.

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@mechamicro]

Yes sir

[@JOGA_Wills]

The better question is how impractical is the 5 day work week

[@KingDavid-jj7tk]

nice i personally feel like a four day week will be beneficial not only to the employees but also the employers great content on your channel, I’m 53 and my wife and I reached $1M net worth in 2017, five years later it’s $2.4M. Our yearly salary is a little over $100K. We drive older cars, cook at home, eat leftovers, and have 2 in college. We saved for college and our boys help by working. They will graduate debt free.

[@geraldantonio3160]

@Alexander Webber That’s right, I started investing sometime in 2018 and by late 2021, I pulled out a profit of over $750,000 with no prior investing knowledge or skill, I was basically just following the guidelines set by my financial advisor, so you don't necessarily need to be a perfect investor or do the hard works, just have a professional who guides & mentors you.

[@geraldantonio3160]

@Patricia Martin The Financial-advisor i employed is " Sharon Louise Count ” Fully verified by SEC and a registered ISDA member. she's most interested in educating potential clients, building relationships and learning potential clients' goals for investing. She serve her clients and celebrate their success. so it shouldn't be a hassle to find her, just search her

[@rayzee0285]

100k for a householdincome? Or both make as least 100k individually?

[@hpdpco6634]

Not applicable to healthcare workers though.

[@ronkirk5099]

I'm 72 and when I saw that a 4 day work week wasn't going to happen during my lifetime, I chose a short 20 year working career and retired early including 10 years of retirement when I was 35 instead of living my whole life as a wage slave. The part (5 years) of my career I enjoyed the most was going to sea as a ship's engineer because after 3 months at sea, I had 3 months off to play and travel. Life is too short to give away any more than you have to earning a living.

[@therealaboutentrepreneurship]

I love that YOU decided for yourself. Too many people don’t realize they can decide how and when they want to work.

[@virgobutterfly1680]

Well said. Thank you for your wise words. I plan to take a similar approach. Life is short.

[@queenbeaute9967]

The retirement age now is 67 😢so we're lucky

[@nimahahmed5550]

I recently applied for a ship engineering job and this is no longer the case :( they now expect 3 months at sea then 1 week off then 3 months in the office. Corporate greed is ruining everything for younger generarions

[@noirefit5954]

I’m setting my life up to only work 3-4 days. I don’t want to just work, pay bills and then die. I want time to live and enjoy life too

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@willcookmakeup]

This really should be implemented as soon as possible. We are way overworked, and that's saying something when considering the labor intensive jobs people around the world in less developed countries have to do everyday 7 days a week with no breaks.

[@thesig301]

You’d still be working 40 hours, just in 4 days instead of 5.. so you’re still gonna be “overworked”

[@willcookmakeup]

@@thesig301 oh I'm totally fine with that. At my old job we were able to do 10 hours days and I much preferred it. Having that extra day off was so beneficial for me and my schedule

[@tayc9034]

Why on breaks? It because inflation or the landlord raise your rent price so high?

[@thesig301]

@@willcookmakeup yea I was just saying you’ll still be working the same. But yea I agree I’d rather work all day than 8 hours everyday

[@User-cb4jm]

@@willcookmakeup then really what we need is flexible working arrangements. If you work better with longer work hours on fewer days and I work better with regular hours across more days, then it’s clear a one size fits all approach won’t be optimal for everyone.

[@Jakekhalid32]

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[@Windarti30]

I just looked up his name on Google and saw his impressive resume. I consider myself lucky to have found this comment area..

[@CharlesBWillz]

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[@mlkljmh]

KZbin has been destroyed by Bots and Capitalists

[@kevingreen3923]

I worked 4 10 hour days for about 3 years. It was hard at first but I eventually got used to it, and I actually liked after awhile. Plus, having a 3 day weekend I loved

[@nathanr5825]

This would be 4 eight hour days, not ten. Full pay, 32 hours

[@leonguyen7139]

I think you got the wrong idea. 4 days work is only 32hrs not 40hrs. 😂😂😂

[@KailuaChick]

@@leonguyen7139 that’s what they’re proposing in this video but a 40 hour work week is standard. I used to work at a hospital with 10 hour shifts so we had to work 4 days to reach our required 40 hours. That’s what OP is saying, too.

[@kevingreen3923]

@@nathanr5825 I would be ok with that

[@wesleyjamir6902]

@Joseph true, but kevin is also another point to why having a 3 day weekend is sweet

[@khoirulanam9141]

whereas in Japan they are really overworked and even jumping from a building to end one's life is happiness. reduction in working hours is absolutely necessary, it really reduces stress.

[@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk]

Japan culture is weird as hell I work 7 days a week and I'm not wore out

[@leafblade2636]

The thing we really need to do, make sure that people are compensated enough where a 32-40 hour work week provides enough for them to live on. Otherwise even more people will end up taking two jobs to support themselves.

[@jennymarie2603]

Good point. Wages need to increase.

[@angelachanellehuang5663]

More days to have relaxation

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@jennymarie2603 I know it sounds simple. But of course there a huge problem with that...INFLATION. When wages go up so do prices.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

​@@theintrovertedaspie9095In the US at least, wage increases won't lead to inflation. Why ? Because people will no longer or less rely on credit cards and try to live debt free. Also, prices are controlled by speculation most of the time.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@Spido68_the_spectator Weird. I recently heard that minimum wage in California went up and the prices at McDonalds went up.

[@querube78]

As a 4 day workweek worker I can say that I CANNOT go back! I get three whole days to do as I want! I still work the 40 hrs but given that with all previous jobs I had I spent at least an hour commuting I don't really mind the long workday. They just increased it to 5 days 11.5 hrs a week for the holidays and I feel sick, I cannot believe I used to work like this normally. Can't wait for it to go back to normal. Please please please normalize this! Having a non weekend day off is amazing when making doctor/car maintenance/personal appointments.

[@skmanunited]

Amazon?

[@querube78]

@@skmanunited Yes indeed.

[@skmanunited]

@@querube78 same, its almost over.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@danieldylan1273]

I remember in Junior High School 1965, my general business teacher telling us we would be working four day weeks and have more leisure time with three day weekends. LOL It never happened. I retired in 2017 and worked five and six days a week my entire life. Nice to see this pipe dream is still around.

[@e.sanoop110]

4 day work week and Work from Home/Anywhere policy if offered to the employees, it will be highly motivating and satisfactory work reforms. 4 day work week is a success in the UK. So hope all governments and corporates implement this soon.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@noriceformeplz]

I only work 3 days 12 hour shifts in a warehouse, easy work, pay over $25hr, I couldn't ask for an easier job.

[@saynotop2w]

What company lol

[@Slayer-33]

👀 Wat, spill the beans dude.

[@gws9763]

We devote so MUCH of our life to work - we’re renting our time to our employer. Hard to get ahead if that’s all you do no matter how little or much you work.

[@vegetossgss1114]

Totally! THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@bee42Sad]

Better than the 4 day work week is letting employees have flexibility with when and where they work. Need to start 2 hours late on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or 3 hour lunch on occasion? Fine, make up the hours at another time in the week.

[@vsx1967]

Flexibility I think would be a better solution. Some only want/need to work 32 hours, others 60. Some folks have scheduling issues outside of work that flexibility would solve.

[@bee42Sad]

@@vsx1967 The concern is if you switch to hourly pay use lose some of the benefits of a salaried employee, at least where I work.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@Azunuvola]

I currently work a 4-day 32 hour work week with FT benefits. I love it. I hated working 5-day work weeks. I felt like I never had time for myself

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@megnelli]

The problem is skilled jobs are treated as unskilled jobs. It’s not maintainable to keep up continuous growth . Additionally cognitive use is taxing in a different way. It’s also more difficult to measure. They need to focus on that.

[@JasperXCXeon]

Great video, its been something I've been talking about a lot lately. As a guy with chronic fatigue, 5 days is becoming harder and harder to manage for me. My mental health is better after every long weekend. As for the one guy who said some people may find themselves more stressed working a 4 days schedule, I think there are solutions to that. For places that are open M-F, they could potentially still stay that way, and have half the staff have mondays off, and half the staff have fridays off. Then if someone really wants to stay on the 40 hour schedule, they could keep doing so.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@MarshasJourney]

Only boomers want more time to get work done

[@Mmeme2023]

Alter Agents should have asked employees to choose if they want Monday off or Friday off. If people can pick any day of the week it becomes chaotic for co-workers and stressful for the individual if the days off are not consecutive eg. If you chose Tuesday off, you clocked in on Monday, Tuesday (mentally) your brain is still clocked in or spending a significant amount of time planning the rest of the week so you don't actually feel rested in between.

[@jpcarsmedia]

It will allow people to have some control over their lives. I'm all for it

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk]

I work 7 days a week I still have control over my life

[@SS-wi4tm]

Love that this video acknowledges benefits outside of offices. Especially for retail/hospitals, the peak hours for business are 2-8pm and those hours are easier to work with 10-12 hour workday with fewer work days

[@JasperXCXeon]

They aren't advocating for longer work days though, they are advocating for adjusted wages for 32 hour work weeks

[@SS-wi4tm]

@@JasperXCXeon I understand, but there are win win situations on time. The problem with all of this is the rigid barriers that create issues got traffic, picking kids up from school, living your best self life. And any improvement is better than status quo.

[@timberwolfe1645]

I support a 4 day workweek with Wednesday as a break in between! Still have weekends but a day off in the middle to destress and get weekly chores done too is my own personal preference

[@briand5379]

As someone that works 3 12-hour shifts a week in the hospital, I feel absolutely wrecked the 1st day off because each consecutive 12-hour day wears you down more. I wouldn't mind doing 4 9-hour days.

[@Nanohamage]

not sure why is it consecutive tho they could easily schedule it to alternate day on day off would be easier on workers

[@briand5379]

I work night shift when I have a day off in between, it feels like I lose a day, so it's best to do 3 in a row.

[@jasonlaboy]

3 12s is definitely too much. I think 4 10s isn't terrible but they are advocating for 4 8s and that's probably a good amount for the foreseeable future.

[@briand5379]

I definitely wouldn't be opposed to that.

[@KJJ782]

It’s just not practical especially in healthcare… every time a healthcare professional works longer hours, studies have shown the higher risks for mistakes which risks patients and even staff and the decision making process. I highly doubt someone’s efficiency is the same after 12 or 18 hours and my own doctor told me that long hours don’t benefit the patients… Also not only patient risks, but what about you driving after a 12 hour day? You just risked people on the road and put them in danger…

[@pokelifelessons3702]

I’ve worked 9/80 (every Friday), 4/10’s, and regular 8 hours. I found that the 4/10s were the easiest because everyone wanted to get their time in and lock in a 3 day weekend. I.e. it was almost guaranteed people were not only online (not taking random PTO/vacation) but also available all day. Making it easier to get them in meetings and working sessions. Additionally, they were motivated to get things done. I.e. focus on the task at hand . It really worked . Don’t get me wrong those long days were rough. But, the rewards seemed to benefit everyone.

[@jaredmotopnw]

Let’s do it!!! 4-day work weeks would be AMAZING! Even better. The data even backs it up.

[@jackli6592]

whatz more AMAZING is free 10k in my bank acct every week.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk]

You're just lazy where they can end people are going to eventually going to want a 3-day work week

[@theultimatehopia149]

4day work week would save Employyes body and mental health

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@CraftnMomma]

I often work 4 10s and I freaking love it! But even working 10s I’m off at 4:20 so I have plenty of day left. I’m a person with lots of hobbies that are time consuming so having a 3rd day off is amazing. Now there are some weeks where we do 5 10s or this past week we did 5 8s. We always have the ability to get at least 40 hours, and we have pretty generous PTO in my company and if we don’t wanna give up our 3rd day off that weekend we can use our PTO, and if that PTO puts us over 40 paid hours we actually earn the OT on that PTO which was mind blowing when I started. It’s also important to state that I work in a factory. I am a sewist in a custom furniture company with several hundred employees. The company is able to do this because the employees are happy, paid well, well rested, and therefore more productive when we are there.

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@BenShutUp]

I just did senior thesis on the 4-Say Workweek concept and it’s implications on the American workforce. This video is so well done and yes, as Juliet Schor stated, this is where we need to be going! #4DayWorkweek

[@jamesmoore1532]

Might work for no skill jobs and fluff office work. There is a very large shortage of skilled labor that takes years to train. Yes we can import labor however most just want a check and quality/production suffers.

[@wizardofahhhhhhz]

I’ve worked a 3 or 4 day work week (40 hours though) for over a decade. It’s VERY doable and you may work longer hours on the days you work, but it’s nice to have more days for relaxation, family, and travel.

[@Watch-0w1]

4 days work week is really beneficial and practical for both party. Currently y I have that right now and I haven't really called out from work for almost 4 years because I have an extra weekday to do all my appointments. also less personal time waste by getting ready for work and driving there as well.

[@martymorse2]

It is time in this country where we need to stop thinking we must live and die on the job. People need to give a quality work day and go home to their non-work activities. We need to move away from wearing people out mentally and physically while working in sub-standard work conditions. The days of working from sun up to sun down are over. Change or lose the best workers.

[@bbob70]

Great ideas, but firms need people in order to function. If you do not want to work, who do you think will run the offices, banks, restaurants, deliveries, etc?

[@Demopans5990]

@@bbob70 Best answer the workweek question now rather than later. Andrew Yang may be a weirdo, but he has some very good points on job automation, and what we should be doing when robots start to do white collar jobs better than humans

[@vegetossgss1114]

YES. AND I AM NOT A LEFT WING. THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@davidphillip9175]

I hope this is implemented world wide! To much companies are inefficient, lots of time is wasted because of poor management

[@pancakes1427]

We need a 4 hour work week.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@Kelz_X]

I enjoy my 4-day work schedule and I (as well as colleagues are) productive.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@courtneysawyer8407]

I would be so much more productive with a 32 hour week because I wouldn’t feel so drained.

[@vegetossgss1114]

YES Even the Belgium's scenario would be fine to me : In Belgium, you still work 40 hours (you add 2 hours in each remaining day, let's say Monday to Thursday for instance, and your Friday is free). And you keep the same wage, of course.

[@hand587]

However much I want this, I think that for many companies it's just not going to be practical. One of the interviewees mentioned taking the same amount of hours from a 5-day work week and compressing it into 4 days. But there are many companies don't have 'units' of work that can be shifted around. You can't serve Friday's customers on Thursday night instead, so adding two hours to the day before is redundant. In offices, it's great. You have a project to complete for that week and you stay longer each day to finish it a day earlier. But for warehouse workers, retail workers, journalists etc., I think managers aren't going to be convinced of the benefits.

[@mandisaw]

There's clearly an assumption here that all necessary services will still be staffed, either by 5/6-day workers, or that we'll get some massive surge of hiring to cover the shifts. The former is inequitable, and the latter is unlikely. Folks don't realize how far-reaching this would be - it can work for a single workplace, but it's not workable for society as a whole.

[@angelawilliams7701]

While a few may not like change because it’s inconvenient for them, sometimes change needs to just happen for society as a whole as well as for the good of humanity. Change is always difficult at first but as humans we have always been able to adapt. Worse things have happened. I don’t think this would be one of them.

[@mandisaw]

@@angelawilliams7701 So you're fine with grocery stores, Post Offices, schools/colleges, doctor's offices, gov't services, etc only being open 4 days a week? And is every place/category supposed to agree on the same 4 days, or would you just have to hope that the service you need is available on the days you aren't at work (or are at work)? Folks who say this makes sense clearly didn't grow up back when everything was closed on Sunday, or when "banker's hours" literally meant you only had access to your money M-F 8a-3p. Society has become accustomed to 7-days' services, with 12/18/24hr staffing - I don't see that as a change ppl are willing or able to sacrifice.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Just hire more people to compensate?

[@OLCtv]

4 day work week is a must, please yes give it.

[@iNick90]

As a truck driver I reduce the amount of hours I have worked down from 5days / 60 hours a week to about 40 to 45 in 4 days. Its very nice to have time to spend time with family and get things done at home. Working 60 hours a week i didn't have time for anything. But my real question is how can i get 40hrs of pay in 32 hours?

[@danielschmidt1353]

This was the first time I heard the concept of productivity is measured by employee happiness. Being in manufacturing for 20+ years, I never heard of this. am all for a four day workweek by the way. I think they should abolish exempt and non-exempt classifications and make everyone hourly. The exempt classification should never have been created.

[@Demopans5990]

With manufacturing, output is more easily linked to hours worked. This isn't really the case with stuff like software and engineering, which arguably rely just as much as creativity. Many innovations in those fields are just because someone asked why, and someone else worked out an answer and implementation

[@thegenevasays]

It didn’t work for that one company because everyone picked their own day off. It has to be a common day off otherwise it will be too chaotic and folks will feel like they are falling behind if they are off and everyone else is working, causing more anxiety and increasing the likelihood of checking email during their off day.

[@CardinalSynth]

I hope that we transition to this asap, and/or it's one of the biggest topics of the 2024 election

[@myothercarisadelorean8957]

I've never worked a 4 day regular hour shift but I have worked a swing shift (3pm-midnight). Despite it hard to have time with family/friends and dating I actually found myself feeling healthier and happier than working regular business hours. I got to sleep in, take my time in the morning. Got my workout and errands all done before work. Anyone else?

[@jakef3995]

I had a similar experience but the opposite shift, I work 5 days and start work around 4am, it can be hard but it’s helped me develop healthier habits because it helps me wake up early on my days off and it forces me to go to bed around 7 when I would normally like to watch tv. I also get out early enough to get stuff done.

[@athos1974]

I think in some industry fields, a four day work week would be feasible and probably beneficial. However in some fields it's just not feasible, or at least easy to reset schedules to. For example, I am a grocery store manager. We have deliveries 7 days a week and each department must receive and process each supply shipment. Each department manager has to coordinate resources and staff with various other departments each day. There are simply too many variables, such as late trucks, staff call-outs etc, to only have managers work 4 days a week. Food is an emotional buying experience for consumers and not maintaining fully stocked shelves quickly turns into a negative buying experience for customers. I don't see how, in the grocery field, would a 4 day work week be successful. However I do think I could be very impactful in other fields.

[@JasperXCXeon]

It will be harder to implement in some places, but not impossible. Your work may need to hire a couple more managers, and keep schedules staggered so there is always at least one available during opening hours. Keep in mind though some people in the 1930s probably thought a 5 day work week was impossible too

[@AverageJoeTwoPoint0]

I think the issue you're having is from a standpoint of trying to see it as 4 days straight and 3 days straight. That doesn't have to be the case. MTRF can be a schedule. SSMT can be a schedule. SMTR can be a schedule. It very much can work in every industry if there were enough employees and you are willing to get creative with the schedule. I personally feel like every employee should have at least one weekday off for important things like doctor appointments. And don't get me wrong, I know a lot of the older generation prefer to work 50-80 hours a week and that's great for them, but I would have to tell them simply, "we don't do that here, but you're more than welcome to get a second job if you prefer no free time" But as someone in their 30's, I am very aware of my mortality and the inability of my body to keep producing efficiently with a 5 or 6 day work week. Also, I'd prefer to be around people that love me more often than people I simply work with.

[@futurehoops830]

I would love to work a 4 day work week I agree with @ Athos Count I work in manufacturing and my job is open 365 days literally. My job never closes.

[@mandisaw]

Everyone saying they want a 4-day workweek is assuming that society will still function M-F. But what about schools, doctor's offices, professional businesses, etc - all those services that people expect to still be open during the week, whether they have a day-off or not? They would a need to hire 15-20% more people to cover the same hours, which is unlikely given the current & projected labor shortage. The 5-day workweek is baked into every facet of American society - unless folks are good with kids getting 20% less school, or having one fewer "weekday" to handle personal/professional business, this is one of those "for me, but not for thee" situations.

[@timberwolfe1645]

Can't you better split the workload between the 7 days? Why does each department have separate shipments? Bulk them to save on Gas, transport fees and the like and you'll increase the efficiency of your store.

[@normbograham]

I worked 4 ten hour days, 30 years ago. it was great. You've already got ready for work, commuted to work, and traveled back. I was younger then. All my co-workers were also young. We did electrical in a factory setting. Productivity did not change in the final two hours, as it was measurable output. It might have actually been more productive, because Friday afternoons were not productive.

[@ASidd1]

How productive were Thursday afternoons in your honest opinion?

[@normbograham]

@@ASidd1 We did electrical house wiring, on a production line. We did not slow down ever.

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@jocelynejean9911]

Nurses have been working 3 twelve hour shifts per week for decades.

[@dixiegirl999]

I've worked 4 day work weeks years ago & it was great. What some businesses assume is that customers & their businesses financially would lose out only being open 4 days a week. They could give the employees an option. Have the business open 5 days a week & give the employees an option to be off like Monday, Wednesday or Friday. I always took off on Monday which worked much better for me.

[@hasrataulakh]

4 and half day should be implemented as soon as possible so, 36 hrs which can also be done as 4 days 9 hrs

[@mr.b3168]

We wind down Saturday and on Sunday we wind up for the next day. We need the middle day to relax

[@mookie1314]

Very insightful segment. I work in IT fixing computers for agencies. The agencies all practice this in various ways. Right now, they only have to come onsite 2 times a week so they are hybrid. During the summers, they have the option of having PTO every summer Friday that they can use throughout those 2 months. I think these ideas are really great. I just wish that IT was allowed to participate in the same ways. Instead, I've found I've had to finesse my way into just a hybrid situation where I just do not go into an office on Fridays (barring any real emergencies that cannot wait until Monday). I would love a 4 day work week. My mental health flourished during the pandemic & I know it would continue if I didn't have to work so much.

[@seriousbutfunny2]

One of the best things in this video was the fact that people work differently. I had a friend in a previous job who could get her work done in 25 hours as opposed to the 40 that others needed. If I were a boss, I would assign the tasks that I needed done and the date that it had to be completed, and would pay people the same amount regardless of how long it did or did not take them to do it. E.g. Job pays $2000 per week. And your hourly pay would be based on how long it took you to do the work.

[@VYBEKAT]

Same pay, less hours. Productivity and revenue go up. The studies prove it

[@valcrist7428]

I am in for this. More time for personal growth. In streesful week 2 days of off is not enough. You have to unwind for a day or two.. then enjoy one or more days for your own personal growth and creativity..

[@ebonymcallister4888]

We need 4 days because I never feel rested on Monday

[@edwardnr17]

With a labor shortage, the sectors with shortages wont adopt 4 day work week, this would increase the shortage of labor.

[@edwardnr17]

@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles Sure you have to fight with the bot you always end up talking with a real human for customer service?

[@saynotop2w]

complete robotization is not yet real, every industry requires human

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

32 hours should be the standard, and anything over that gets paid higher differential for those extra hours. Let's make it happen.

[@chasingdharmaify]

Not having a 4-day work week because some people want to work 50+ hours? No. We will not all suffer because another human has issues they need to work out within themselves and their family. Working all the time is a sign of deeper unhappiness.

[@AndrewMalkin]

As someone with fibromyalgia, I've seen greatly reduced pain by working shorter work weeks.

[@Berahlen]

Studies: "Working your employees less hard makes them healthier, more productive, and their work is higher quality. Here is extensive empirical evidence of this." Employers: "lol, lmao, you're as replaceable as we want because we're artificially reducing openings by making each person do multiple people's work, so do 70 hour weeks with 2 hour daily commute or get fired loser"

[@joejoey7272]

I’m all for the focus on efficiency to reduce working days but my fear is employers will eventually have the efficient workers work 5 or 6 days later on , we always have a joke at work I get rewarded for good work by getting more work thrown my way

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@bollweevil8112]

Scandinavian studies concluded that worker productivity drops after 25 hours per week. 4 , 6 hour days is more like it It takes time for people to adjust to a completely different perspective on life/work balance Basic Income + robots = freedom

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe. That’s the future!

[@DrLusEnglish]

We work less than 32 hours a week, after deducting all the days off. I love this company

[@MrMountainMan]

The reality is this country (USA) was built on the back of people working long hours and weeks over the last 200-300 years. The generation today assumes everything on this planet just pre-existed somehow with no knowledge of what it took. Skyscrapers, infrastructure, housing, transportation, technology, inventions were all created from a working force of people not saying, "welp, 32 hours I'm done!" Selfishly I like it, but I admit... selfishly. However to get where we are today, and to continue on a linear path not just stagnated with the status quo *will* require some long-hard hours. It's just facts.

[@saynotop2w]

Nah USA was built on vast resources of the land unlike any other nations

[@user-hg7yv5fj1f]

My job offers flex schedules and I do 4.5 days, 40 hours. I would definitely work 11 hours a day to have a 3-day work week. Not sure how many companies will keep wages the same for less work time though. However, wages have not increased much so it could be about equal anyway 😂

[@CT-yc4gd]

I support a 4 day work week. Ive had my job for over a decade now. When I was on 4 days it felt like the perfect amount. I had enough time to run errands, clean up the house, and enough time to decompress. The 4 days of work felt like it was long enough and I was ready to check out for the week. But when I went to 5 (mainly because I had to as my roommates took off) it felt like I was always at work. Like my home was just a little get away safe space vs where I actually lived. These were 8 hour work days mind you.

[@AwilDoinIt]

I work 3 days one week and 4 days the next. 12hr shifts. Love the schedule I get days offs during the week and work every other weekend. Took some getting used to but I spend more time with family and can get things done without having to take vacation days

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@baronvonjo1929]

I really think work is important for most of us and allows us to feel like we are doing something. But seriously. Due to some events I don't work as much currently but will again at the start of 2023. I gotta to admit not working so much is pretty nice. I still to a extent think hard work and dedication can be good. But I don't understand some people who would call us lazy for wanting to work less. There is just so much more to life than work.

[@vsx1967]

There is more IF you can AFFORD it. Less hours generally means less money.

[@terrilove3300]

Amen! There is so much more to life than work for real. I took a year off of teaching and decided to work part-time after being home with my newborn for 6months. It was really nice to have something to do and I decided when I would come in and how many hours to work. I am back to work full time currently and I pratically have to mentally prepare myself to relax with the two days off. I litterally have to tell myself to turn it off when I get home from work or when the weekend starts, My life is not just work! The balance is really off and I hate it. So my 5 year plan will include something that is not as demanding and it has a better work life balance for sure. Thank s for the comment

[@-.TS.-]

Many work weeks are 6 days a week. The trend is definitely the opposite. I’m not sure where they are seeing the trend towards less work hours? We are more connected than ever, bringing work home and always staying connected.

[@racingtogreen2023]

Google C-Team commented on this years ago. There is not only burnout to consider, and less attachment to the companies we work for, but also a shrinking amount of work to do. When we automate all the things, there will be less work to do. That doesn't mean there needs to be less people working because if there is no income, there will be no demand. Staggered 4 day work weeks make a lot of sense.

[@Ty-os1zd]

There's company's that have 3 & 4 days work weeks. It's crazy how they will just force something on a company that knows nothing of it instead of doing the research first. I work for a company that has had a 3 day work schedule for years and I love it will never go back to a 5 day work. Work life balance

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

Here's another idea that would be nice: let people work 32 hours a week, but spread out over 5 days. Often times I run out of brain cells for the day after only 6-7 hours of work, but in that system, it wouldn't matter. I'd get that last hour or two for myself instead of wasting it being unproductive on the job.

[@jasonlaboy]

I think 4 8s is better for most people but I could see 5 6s working too. Probably is then you don't get an extra day off to do stuff and you still waste commute time if you're not remote.

[@reprovedcandy]

I 100% support a 4day, or even 3 day... as a tech entrepreneur though ill still have to work 6-6.5 but that doesnt mean my employees should have to as well. (I only work with contractors atm, but maybe someday ill have employees work 4/week!)

[@vegetossgss1114]

THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@youtubeguy9316]

I am a ups driver and 4 day work weeks would seem good but understand this nobody at any level is ever at work now. Since the pandemic late night restaurants you would go to randomly or regularly with friends or a date or whatever aren’t open because everyone wants less work, calling for things like bank customer service,tech questions that you need answered at night and not 9-5 in that companies time zone and other small simple things that we took for granted for decades are not going to be here anymore for anyone unless your willing to pay a way higher price for everything. A lot of things in the world seem to be in favor of white collar workers and it’s showing people everywhere blue collar labor is dying

[@jcrodhry5217]

I work 4/10s and it is amazing, I used to work from home and it was extremely amazing. Less stress or drama...

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@Quanic2000]

As a registered nurse, we already work 3-12 hour or 4-10 hour days. There's pros and cons. A pro would be more days off during the week. A con would be your day is pretty much just working. Like we would work 7 am to 7 pm so you'd need an understanding partner at home to take care of the kids if you have them. But if given the choice, as a single male, I'd rather work 3 to 4 longer days for a 3 day weekend.

[@Spooffie]

thats not what theyre talking about. youd be working 3 10 hour days instead

[@AverageJoeTwoPoint0]

I get what you mean. im 12-12. so the hours are better then 7-7. but i like it. lunch gets prepped on your first or second day off. you do your 12. sleep for about 9 hours and the other 3 are for commuting presumably and whatever small thigns can get accomplished. I do think the pros outweigh the cons though.

[@DavidPat]

Remember that good employees almost never spent any time unemployed. Yes some people work super long hours but they also spent a bunch of years not working because they are burned out or because they were fired

[@wesclaycomb1946]

Yeah I have a four day work week. 4 tens. But I’ve Worked 6 tens every week for the last 4 months. And our bosses don’t get why we are dropping like flies

[@keller1334]

I currently work a 4 on 3 off work week with at least 11 usually 12 hours a day worked. The only reason my work allows these hours is I work overnight. I love this schedule to be honest. It feels like a mini vacation every week.

[@bl1429]

I've been working a four-day workweek for years. Third shift, 10-hour shifts, Thursday to Sunday. That gives me Monday, thru all day thursday.....four days a week off, every week. THAT third day off works wonders for your brain.

[@phatmusic]

I'm a proponent of 1 day work week

[@phatmusic]

@@SimonTmte I'm ok with that lol

[@supadave422]

🔥

[@BlueFlyer83]

She should have just stopped at, "people don't want to work." THAT'S the problem. People want to get paid big bucks to do little. This country is in for a rude awakening.

[@vsx1967]

Nailed it!

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[@darylsteenkamp]

There should always be a balance in life. 4-3 has a better balance than 5-2.

[@dfpolitowski2]

All depends on what kind of work you do. I work in a machine shop and 4 days is possible but its 10hrs a day. Guys love it.

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[@musickfreak]

There are now 8 BILLION people on this planet. It's not like companies can't find workers. It's that companies are not willing to cut into profits to make employees happier (which would increase profits in the long run.) A liveable wage and the time off to enjoy life are so important in a world where companies see us as expendable (there's 8B people, SOMEONE will do this job, won't they?) We want to feel like we matter, like our efforts are valued, and if we feel that, we become more productive.

[@_loois]

They will do this. Not because it benefits is but because it benefits them. More productivity for them, and more spenditure during days off

[@annat6249]

I think it is also depending on age and aspiration. When young, people want career and money. When we get married and have kids, work life balanced is important. I think what Elon is looking for is young and high aspiration for work.

[@DrewRueDoo]

Those young, high aspiration workers will eventually burn out after a year or so, causing serious burnout.

[@vegetossgss1114]

No no, I am young and I want THE 4 DAYS WORK WEEK Adult lives has it ups and downs, but it can truly be amazing. I am among the luck ones who do not (at least for the moment!) miss being a child. That being said, I think that a lot of people are stressed in their adult lives with paying the bills, commuting to work, having to be competent and efficient at the work place most of the time… I think that the adult life can easily be much better for all of all, and please let point explain how and why: In my humble opinion, the work life isn’t balanced with the personal life. Working 5 days per week for 40 years is way too much, and does not give us enough free time to relax, enjoy our friends and family, do sport, take care of our diet, develop personal projects, engage in local associations … Imagine you could have the Friday, Monday, or Wednesday free. You could more become a fulfilled version of yourself, dive into these personal projects, take care and spend time of your loved ones, and recover from work. Other reasons for considering the 4 days work week: studies has proven that working 4 days a week, with the same salary, does not negatively impact the overall productivity of the company: workers are happier, more productive, and more implicated into doing their job. Less commuting at work, which results in less time spent stuck in the traffic and less emission of carbon dioxide. More time to spend our moneys, and contribute to the whole economy. I recall the formula of the Gross Domestic Product: GDP = C + I + G + E - M, where C designs the private consumption. Restaurants, movie theater, grocery stores … make by far their best turnover during weekends. For all these reasons, I do firmly believe that we need to implement the 4 days work week for both white and blue collar jobs (exception made maybe very physical demanding jobs), as it is already the case in Islande, and in some companies in Belgium and Spain, the first step being implementing it in Europe.

[@Kelz_X]

I think 4 day work weeks work or are positive for _certain_ industries. For some it's great, for others it's not. Test it out and take it from there

[@saynotop2w]

doesn’t apply for farms and fisheries

[@keithowens2554]

I always thought it would be nice if we went to a 180° flip. Work Saturday and Sunday and make Mon-Fri the new weekend

[@dark12ain]

Honestly delivering for Amazon we do 4 days in 3 days off. And I love with the option to pick up a shift if we like

[@kojosmith1210]

"Success isn't correlated to hardwork & hustle" CNBC where do you find these people?

[@Boxhead42]

Woke Uni.😫

[@Sigmacenturion]

"Some people want to work 50 hours" lol sure