IT WORKS.
⁃ 92% of companies keep it
⁃ Burnout down by 71%
⁃ Sick days down by 65%
⁃ Revenue up 1.4% on avg.
No question about it - the UK’s 4-day week trial was a 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙚 success.
It’s time for the 4-day week to go mainstream.
#4DayWeek
🚨Council trial huge success🚨
⁃ Staff turnover down 39%, saving £371,500 💷
⁃ Planning applications sped up 📈
⁃ Processing time for benefit claims fell 📉
Our incoming govt needs to take this seriously.
It’s time for a widespread public sector trial of a 4-day week. ⏰
For anyone who missed this brilliant bit of news over the weekend:
Unison, the UK’s largest Trade Union, has voted to demand a 4-day week from whoever forms the next government.
“Trade unions fought for an eight-hour day in the 19th century and a two-day weekend in the 20th. In
🚨Incredible: Microsoft Japan moves 2,300 employees to a #4DayWeek with no loss in pay.
The results are staggering:
💥Productivity increased 40%
💥Electricity use dropped 23%
💥92% of employees want to continue
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Sometimes it seems like this government is actively seeking ways to be unpopular.
South Cambridgeshire’s 4-day week:
- Saves them £370,000 a year
- Improves productivity in key areas
- Boosts health and wellbeing of staff
And yet they seek to undermine it by leaking letters to
Welcome to all our new followers!
If you want to know more about a 4-day week (what it is, how it works, how to get one 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 you work) here are some good places to start ⬇️
Typical Elon Musk:
- fetishising overwork despite suffering the effects
- putting workers at risk of effects of overwork (Tesla factories have high accident rates)
- pushes those with caring responsibilities out of work (disproportionately effecting women)
