Four day work week, sounds great at first. Seems Microsoft Japan has had a lot of success with it so far. But there are a lot of variables at play here from cultural differences between Japan and the US, what about the impact of increased productive time during the day at work to impacts on your personal life, say scheduling doctor visits or helping out with your kids. See what Microsoft says about the plan, know as the “Work-Life Choice Challenge 2019 Summer.”
“Microsoft Japan CEO Takuya Hirano noticed that in addition
to being more productive, the workers asked for fewer days off. Costs declined
too. As you could imagine, a high amount— 92%—of Microsoft Japan's employees
said they preferred the four-day work week.”
Could this be implemented for Small and Medium sized
business in the USA? We’re not sure, but
we are intrigued at the first large scale test of the idea. Check out more for yourself at the links
below.
Microsoft Japan's plan for a four day work week
Fourbes Article on the Four day work week
They call it the “Work-Life Choice Challenge 2019 Summer.”
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