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A significant amount of press (a selection that is by no means exhaustive has been linked below) has been given to companies and organizations that are doing 4 day/8 hour work weeks without a change in compensation. Organizations that adopted a 4 day work week experienced

  • Sustained or improved productivity.
  • Worker happiness increased dramatically.
  • Stress, burnout and turnover decreased.
  • Companies had an easier time attracting and retaining talent.
  • Customer outcomes improved.
  • Number of sick days declined.
  • Carbon footprints could be reduced significantly.

These trials have been run over a wide breadth of industries and locales in both the private and public sector, and include software companies like ourselves among their ranks.

Given these obvious benefits, I believe that Company Name should adopt a 4 day/8 hour working schedule without a change in compensation at the very least as a trial.

News from non-software companies

Software companies trialing 4 day work weeks

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