Is a Four-Day Work Week Right for Your Company? - Laserfiche
mardi 23 juin 2015 à 00:36liens 23/06/2015
Some companies go even further by moving to a 32-hour work week of four eight-hour days, typically in the summer. The software company Basecamp (previously called 37signals), for example, goes to a 32-hour work week from May through October, writes CEO Jason Fried in the New York Times.
“Better work gets done in four days than in five,” he writes. “When there’s less time to work, you waste less time. When you have a compressed workweek, you tend to focus on what’s important. Constraining time encourages quality time.” Ryan Carson, CEO of tech education firm Treehouse, also praises the concept.
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Some companies go even further by moving to a 32-hour work week of four eight-hour days, typically in the summer. The software company Basecamp (previously called 37signals), for example, goes to a 32-hour work week from May through October, writes CEO Jason Fried in the New York Times.
“Better work gets done in four days than in five,” he writes. “When there’s less time to work, you waste less time. When you have a compressed workweek, you tend to focus on what’s important. Constraining time encourages quality time.” Ryan Carson, CEO of tech education firm Treehouse, also praises the concept.
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