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Among the many ways the pandemic changed office habits, a growing number of companies are adopting a four-day work week. The trend has been picked up by some municipalities, most recently South Portland. It can be a cost saving measure for some types of organizations, but also a perk for employees. The idea is a 32-hour work week at 100% of pay, which might not sit well with some productivity-minded CEOs. 

Is the four-day work week here to stay? 
Yes, we have already adopted a four-day work week (7%, 18 VOTES)
We are considering it (11%, 30 VOTES)
We have made other adjustments to the work schedule (adding flexibility) (33%, 86 VOTES)
No, our business or industry would not allow for a four-day week (49%, 129 VOTES)
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3 Comments

  • Lawrence Orourke
    July 31, 2023

    Employees I have spoken with are willing to do 4 ten hour days in order to get consistent 3 day weekends. Interesting experiment: can the same productivity of a normal 5 day 40 hour week be achieved with only 32 hours, or is the 4 ten hour day permutation more likely to succeed with matching productivity? I hope someone looks into it...

  • July 31, 2023

    Long ago I worked for a company that had 4 day work weeks - 9.5 hours per day. We used to kid that we worked our arses off for four days and had Fridays to look for a new job. It was higher expectations on performance and no time for OT.

  • Thomas Dumont
    July 31, 2023

    The idea of getting paid for 40 hours when you only work 32 is absurd. People have to realize that you can't keep increasing minimum wage as well, this comes at a cost to businesses and they are not going to eat these costs. As pay goes up cost of goods go up and if you can't afford to eat out restaurants are going to close. Other businesses will see less income coming in because people are going to really look at items as a want or need and not just buy because.