Posted on 01/06/2022 3:08:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
A San Francisco-based startup has just announced a permanent four-day workweek, citing heightened productivity and happiness among current employees during a test run.
Bolt, an e-commerce company founded in 2014 that currently employs about 500 people, first implemented a four-day workweek as a pilot last fall, CNBC reported. Workers, naturally, loved it.
Bolt founder and CEO Ryan Breslow told CNBC that workers were overwhelmingly happy after the initial three-month run, with 94% of workers wanting the program to continue.
In a statement to SFGATE, Bolt spokesperson Hilary Neve said that 84% of employees boasted improved work-life balance and 85% of managers reporting that "teams are able to hit their objectives and key results" even with the reduced workload.
"This four-day workweek pilot was our test to see if we could keep standards of execution high while still putting the team’s health and well-being first, and it surely paid off," said Neve in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I worked 4x10 for a few years when I was much younger. Loved it.
I had one company where I worked 3 12’s one week, then 3 12’s and an 8 the next (Sun-Tue, followed by Sun-Tue 12’s, 8 on Wed), and every Thur-Sat off. There was another guy who mirrored me, working every Wed I didn’t, and then taking Thur-Sat, 6 AM to 6 PM.
Loved that shift in my late 20’s... it was perfect!
many. This convention is very popular.
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