My company introduced a four-day workweek. Guess what happened?

1. It’s not losing as many hours as one would think. Add 1 more hour to the 4 days and you only lose 4 hours in a 40 hour workweek.

2. One of the big issues facing employees in the workplace in the US, for example, is scheduling errands that are only available during the work week. This includes doctor appointments, banking related stuff, govt related work, etc. The 3rd day off is a perfect opportunity to attain these tasks.

3. Weekends tend to be busy. That’s when you have parties, have to attend weddings, have to attend birthdays, etc. A 3rd day off actually allows people a day to relax.

I think a 4 day work week will be inevitable in the US very soon. The only concern I have is that for it to be actually useful, it shouldn’t just become a 3rd weekend day. So maybe having a floating 3rd day off, which is a different day for employees, or is in the middle of the week on a Wednesday, would be far more effective than just giving everyone a longer weekend.

> And in November 2021, we introduced the four-day workweek to our staff, cutting 3.5 hours off each employee’s workweek while leaving their pay unchanged.

I'm guessing they went from five 7.5 hour days per week (= 37.5 hours per week) to four 8.5 hour days per week (= 34 hours per week).

Thats what I did when we switched to 4 day weeks.