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These companies tried a 4-day workweek. More than a year in, they still love it (www.npr.org)
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First, this seemed to be the best community to place this. Second, this is an older article [February 2024] but it is very interesting nonetheless.

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[–] Ethereal87@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago

"But muh shareholder value!"

I'm very happy with where I work generally but finding a company serious about a 4 day work week is really what would prompt me to look elsewhere. What I loved is how the article outlined several ways these companies tried to apply the 4 day work week (working all five days but two days are half days, rolling schedules, etc...) because there's no good one size fits all solution. I know my customers would never be able to wrap their heads around us just having Fridays off as a company, but these alternate schedules show a way it could still get implemented even in different departments with vastly different business needs.