The results of a real-world experiment have proved that we should all start working a four-day workweek.
The evidence comes from a six-month trial that began in February 2022 in which 33 companies with employees in six countries decreased their employees' workload to four days, or 32 hours, a week.
Organized by 4 Day Week Global, the real-world experiment “sought to see whether the employees could be just as productive in 80% of the time — all for the same pay”.
“The results were overwhelmingly positive: Companies in the program reported increased revenue and improved employee health and well-being, and had a positive impact on the environment".
Business Insider South Africa went on to state: “The companies that took part in the trial have reported almost no downsides. None of the 27 companies that filled out a final survey for participants said they had any plans to return to a five-day week. And nearly all of the 495 employees involved in the trial wanted to maintain the four-day working week.”
“The four-day week is already being adopted all over the world and is proving to up productivity and well-being in the workplace”.
In September of 2022, it was reported that Progressive companies in South Africa are being given the chance to sign up as “pioneers” in a 4-Day Work Week pilot launching early next year.
