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If productivity is kept at the same level, and people work a day less, you wouldn't produce the same amount.
by dkyc 2y ago
If productivity is kept at the same level, and people work a day less, you wouldn't produce the same amount.
- jraph 2y agoI meant productivity overall is constant. Productivity "per hour" is better.
- netdevnet 2y ago> I meant productivity overall is constant That's a huge statement there. Do you have any evidence that this is the case for everyone at every company no matter what?
- jraph 2y ago> Do you have any evidence that this is the case for everyone at every company no matter what? Of course not, you are asking for the impossible. But we have evidences that 4 day weeks boost productivity at least in some settings. If you are interested in the topic, look up "4 day week productivity" on a web search engine, or "4 day week" / "4 day workweek" on HN [1,2] if you want previous discussions about this. The topic is not new here. You'll find many posts where companies think it works. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=4+day+week&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=4+day+workweek&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- netdevnet 2y agoI love it when people post studies just because it agrees with their worldview. For full disclosure, I support the 4 day week but I know to be objective. None of those links contain references to proper RCT with control groups or a variety of office roles so there is really no evidence for it. Trial plus survey is a better term as it carries no scientific connotations. You are not really going to get your average companies to participate in those kind of studies anyway. Those companies want warm bodies and it has nothing to do with empirical evidence