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SF Startup Bolt Just Implemented a Permanent Four-Day Workweek as CEO Calls Out 'Work Theater'
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Jan. 6, 2022 | Joshua Bote ,

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 ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: hitech; siliconvalley
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To: nickcarraway

I worked 4x10 for a few years when I was much younger. Loved it.


21 posted on 01/06/2022 8:20:04 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Jonny7797

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!


22 posted on 01/07/2022 8:14:49 AM PST by ro_dreaming ("We seem to have gone from 'We the people' to 'Me, the president' in a scant 8 months." - Me)
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To: Tommy Revolts

many. This convention is very popular.


23 posted on 01/07/2022 8:20:32 AM PST by Jonny7797
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