Experiments with a shorter workweek have shown that working fewer hours improves worker well-being and productivity. But we can’t expect employers to implement this transformative change of their own volition.

Experiments with a shorter workweek have shown that shown that working fewer hours improves worker well-being and productivity. But we can’t expect employers to implement this transformative change of their own volition.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    I’ve been doing a 4-day week for the past 12 years, it’s great, and even better when working remotely. Once in a while, I have to cycle to the office to attend a face-to-face meeting, but not all that often. And, it not being the US, there’s also the 6.5 weeks of vacation every year, and a separate and effectively unlimited pool of sick leave.

    Including commuting, my US work week was typically 60-70 hours. At peak times, even more. I got paid significantly more, but it was killing me.