Some companies are finding that four-day work weeks, rather than five, are increasing employees’ productivity. NBC News’ Tom Costello has more details on the study and why some companies are hesitant to embrace the change.
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I've been saying this for years. It's ridiculous that corporate profits and productivity keep going up, yet wages haven't kept up since then 70s. And it's been almost 100 years since we got the 5 day work week. It's time to give the working man something back. Either tie wages to inflation and corporate profits and/or give us all 5 days pay for 4 days of work. And while we're at it, make corporations offer pensions again since the 401k is a joke unless you're middle class and certain politicians keep trying to gut social security, which we already paid into.
They like to sit around in their pajamas and work three or four hours a day and get paid for a full day
To each their own but loosing $200/week by dropping a day will just cause even more of a struggle with me to cope with the inflation.
I guess the rich and wealthy people can afford to loose a days pay though.
So if people are struggling to make ends meet with 40 hours, how are they expected to make it on 32?
I worked 4 day work weeks (10 hr/day) for 25 years and it's not for the faint hearted. Thing is which days you have off can REALLY matter depending on your lifestyle and family considerations. For me working 4 straight days made me a zombie on my 1st day off each week because I was brain dead & exhausted. But Wed/Sat/Sun off was my golden shift and I absolutely loved it 😍
I worked 4 10 hour shifts, 530am-4pm minus break. Mon-Thurs. Life was so great having a 3 day weekend is truly life changing.
Lol 32 hr a week? No way. They can let you work 4 days, but you gotta work the same 40 hours.
The more plush your society is, the weaker it becomes. Our country is being run by immature grown ups that never learned the value of work. And it'll be our undoing.
I been saying this for years. I'm very much interested in 4 days work week. But, here in America corporate greed wouldn't favor that.