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Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by 40%
- some346 7y agoAny US based experiments?
- henryshtang 7y agoHow do they measure productivity?
- cgranier 7y agoAccording to this CNN article (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/tech/microsoft-japan-workweek-productivity/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/tech/microsoft-japan-workweek...), they measured "sales by employee" and compared with the previous year.
- beatgammit 7y agoPersonal reporting? Seems reliable...
- bradleybuda 7y agoStrange that the article doesn’t talk about how Microsoft is rolling out this change worldwide. You’d think they would - a zero-cost intervention that increases productivity 40%? Slam dunk! So what’s more likely, that MSFT management is publicizing this result but not planning to implement it, or that this lightly-sourced Business Insider piece that talks mostly about a different company is dramatically overstating things to get clicks?
- sippeangelo 7y agoWhy did they stop?