last month, and 85% of the people who responded said they were in favor of a four-day workweek.
One HR manager who commented on the poll noted that if employees are burned out, feeling parent guilt and their homes are in disarray, how do you expect them to give 100%?One congressman is trying to make the four-day workweek a reality: Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif. He has reintroduced legislation that, if passed, would reduce the standard workweek to 32 hours instead of 40. Anything over that would be overtime.
Shortening the workweek — or paying employees more to put in 40 hours — would bring about "a significant change which willA shorter workweek is not going to work for all companies or every person, of course. If you're going to get all of your work done in fewer hours, think about what that means: You have to keep it really tight. That means managing your time, keeping your focus — and less down time for scrolling or chatting with co-workers.
It's important to think about how you work, if you're capable of that intensity — and if you want to sustain that pace every week.InitiativeThe thread here is that you need to be able to jump in and take action quickly and not wait to be asked, work well on your own and take responsibility for your work, and be willing to change in the name of working more efficiently or meeting customer needs.
MakeIt With recession looming, people will get a zero day work week
MakeIt Worked for Lockheed Martin, 4 day week. Awesome!