How likely do you think it is that a four day work week will become the standard over the next 12 months?

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CMO in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

I don’t see this being widely adopted in the US

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Foundera year ago

I don't think so either Larry. That would be overriding 100 years of a 5 day work week... in a year? no.

CIO in Manufacturing2 years ago

I don't think it will happen soon in Italy

CHRO in Services (non-Government)a year ago

It's possible, but I think that there needs to be a much larger movement for at least my industry to be able to move to a four day work week. I will say I think hybrid work has allowed people to do it on their own to some extent because it's had some built-in flexibility for them.

India Head and Director of Global Finance Shared Services in Hardwarea year ago

The Remote working has already provided some flexibility to manage personal and professional time effectively. So, my view is that Corporates are unlikely to move to 4 days working week in next 12 months.

CHRO in Consumer Goodsa year ago

I have line of sight to some of the research that's coming out of Europe, and some places are loving it while some are hating it. Because I work in a plant environment, we don't have a four day week but we kind of have a four and a half day week that's already in place, and that works for the business. So we try to mimic what the plant is doing for now. They're off on Fridays, so we work more like four nine hour shifts and then do half day on Fridays. That seems to work for the business. I think people are going to continue to push for four day work weeks even though I think it's going to lose a little ground with all of the productivity concerns around the hybrid workforce. If we don't trust our hybrid workforce to work, I don't think organizations are going to give up an extra day, at least initially.

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Community User in Softwarea year ago

Hey Beth! Truly enjoyed our chat a few weeks back about this. Our conversation stuck out to me in particular because of your expertise with a 4.5 day work week. I hadn't considered how manufacturers/factory workers were navigating this question. Appreciate your input.

Senior IT Manager in Healthcare and Biotecha year ago

A company I was with (Software company) experimented with 4x10 and 9-80 work weeks for IT personnel. The 9-80 was similar to the above, but was in a 10 day period, 8 days (M-Th) at 9 hours/day and one Friday was 8 hours and the second Friday was an off day to get to 80 hours over 2 weeks. The 4x10 schedule was much more popular. Definitely certain environments are easier to manage different schedules. As noted, MFG is tougher.

I have seen some MFG companies that work their plants 7 days a week do 2 shifts for 4x10 (M-Th) and then have a F-Sun shift of 3x12 which most maintenance scheduled on the weekends in the 12 hour window, though some was handled in the 4 hours available on the M-Th schedules.

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