Lindsay Liu, co-founder and CEO of the software startup Super, adds that autonomy is a key trait of successful hires in a four-day week company."It is the type of pace and style of work where you have to be more responsible for your output," she says.
Strong hires are"very self-directed with their time and are able to plot out their own projects, think about how to do that, and then figure out when they need collaboration, when they need input, and to be able to pull in the rest of the team for that," Liu adds.New hires should also be adaptable, especially if they're joining a company newly transitioning to a shortened workweek and still working through"a lot of moving parts," said Phil McParlane, founder of 4dayweek.
Those challenges usually"heal over time" as companies"get into the swing of the new processes," he says. But that could mean going through the trial and error of learning how to cut down on meetings, or figuring out a rotating schedule if the company needs to work with customers five days a week.