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TIL: Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a "Work Life Choice Challenge" by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% co (www.cnn.com)

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A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's been lots of research on this before; nearly universally productivity goes up when companies move to a 4 day week.

The problem is that this would lessen corporate control on people because they'd get one extra day off, and that's not acceptable to conservatives. It's the same as with demaning people not work remotely; it's all about power

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. People are being pushed back to work in offices even though studies indicate most office workers are more productive when they work from home. I saw someone on Mastodon sum it up as "people are getting paid for attendance" and that's absolutely correct.