Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland
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https://en.alda.is/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ICELAND_4DW.pd...
" In their research into working time reduction in the last few decades of the 20th century, for instance, Bosch and Lehndorff (2001) note how a number of workplaces have indicated that successful reductions in working hours have been closely tied to changes in the organisation of work — whether through workers gaining greater autonomy over work processes, or changes in operating times and shift patterns. Such reorganisations have clearly had a positive impact on productivity.
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The stated reduction in working hours did lead to staff actually working less as a direct result of workplaces implementing new work strategies, and through organising tasks via cooperation between workers and managers.
As mentioned earlier, a central aim of both trials was to ensure service provision remained the same following reductions in working time. To be able to work less while providing the same level of service, changes in the organisation of work therefore had to be implemented. Most commonly, this was done by rethinking how tasks were completed: shortening meetings, cutting out unnecessary tasks, and shifts arrangements"
Some cars have better cooling systems than others, and most cars once had great cooling but now the radiator is busted and the coolant is all gummed up.
In the end, the I'd bet the sum comes out more or less the same.
But that overstraining will result in small damages that are not directly noticeable but will hurt performance and durability in the long run. Especially if you don't keep to a proper maintenance schedule.
Does anyone knows is it same amount per hour or monthly ?
I guess if it is monthly this is only for permanent workers, contractors/freelancers who are paid by day/hour would be exempt from this study/practice as it would mean that their rate would increase.
The whole idea behind 4 days work week is that you are more rested and more motivated and don't slack around. Therefore doing as much in 4 days as in 5 days.
Though I don't see how this could be applied to factory workers. I only can see from sw dev perspective. I would probably spend less time talking about 4 days work week on HN if on that schedule :)
The work week had previously been six days, or even seven if management was insufficiently religious. Just getting down to five was a literal fight:
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/haymarket-riot
Office work inherited that ethic, but without the reasoning. Nobody even tried to determine the optimal number of hours.
Service sector work is more complicated, since it's often part time or hourly, and varies widely from place to place and person to person. Optimizing that would take a whole lot more work. But for office jobs, it's long since past time to reconsider why we're basing it on factory jobs.