Four-day work week success in Germany (euroweeklynews.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 17:56
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meliodas_101@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 18:57 next collapse

Is it real ?

maggio@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Jan 19:17 collapse

My work did allow me 90%, one day off every two weeks, and several co-workers work 80% (~6 hour work days). However, we are not part of any test project, we just individually asked for it, in exchange for less pay ofc.

I at least don’t know anyone personally who got a 4-day-week deal with same payment

jeena@piefed.jeena.net on 13 Jan 23:07 collapse

I also worked 4 days a week with 80℅ payment for some years it was amazing.

FelixCress@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 19:21 collapse

The campaign, kicked off in Germany at the end of 2023, by organisation 4 Day Week Global, gained significant traction in Spain, the UK and Portugal in previous trials, and preaches a ‘100-80-100’ concept. This means employees will retain 100% of their salary, work 80% of the time, but contribute 100% of their output still. A whopping 73% of the companies trialled plan to stick to the new weekly schedule, with the remaining 27% either making minor tweaks or yet to decide.

Fantastic. Now I am waiting for the UK to follow.

markko@lemmy.world on 14 Jan 01:40 next collapse

Am I blind or does the article not indicate how many companies trialled it?

Also, this alone would significantly improve my job satisfaction:

Reports from the trial showed that the frequency and duration of meetings was reduced by 60%, which makes sense to anyone who works in an office – many meetings could have been a simple email.

Patariki@feddit.nl on 14 Jan 10:49 collapse

There was a similar article floating on lemmy yesterday (or the day before) on how 60 UK companies experimented with a 4-day workweek and that 54 decided to keep it.