Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an 'unmitigated success'
It&#x27;s somewhat surprising (and not really) that more companies are not competing with each other seriously on real benefits like this to attract and keep talent.<p>Most jobs provide no real extra benefit. They have a bunch of fake gimmicks like &quot;snack room&quot; or &quot;monthly social event&quot; (read: mandatory team building event but free for the company).<p>Four-day week for five-day pay is a serious and tangible benefit that a smart company could provide and it would give them a strong hiring&#x2F;culture advantage for a long time.<p>That&#x27;s a 20% reduction in work hours. To me it seems very doable if you build a good high-productivity culture in the company. Meaning everyone kind of knows they have less time to screw around so you save all that for your 3 days off work, and 4 days it&#x27;s high productivity work.<p>If this increases productivity by 10%, the cost to the company is the other 10%.<p>Also consider that 1.5 hours is 18% of the work day. Many companies easily and carelessly waste that much every day.