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It's an old article, so did they continue it? We see reports like this all the time but barely any companies actually have the balls to go through with it long
by Philip-J-Fry 5y ago
It's an old article, so did they continue it?
We see reports like this all the time but barely any companies actually have the balls to go through with it long term.
- hbcondo714 5y agoFrom 2019, this is a popular topic on HN! 210 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21433710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21433710 242 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21441689 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21441689 149 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26495933 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26495933 30 commennts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21919721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21919721
- jonas21 5y agoThe top comment in the third link points out that Microsoft Japan later walked back the productivity claim: In the announcement dated October 31, one of the listed "improvements" from the 2019 Summer Work-Life Choice Challenge was an increase of 39.9% in labor productivity (sales revenue per employee) in August 2019 compared to August 2018, with a graph below. While this number is factual, it is not solely the result of this challenge, and was achieved due to a number of different factors. To avoid misunderstanding, we have removed that claim from the above summary of the direct effects of the challenge.
- vsareto 5y agoI guess they had to attribute this boost to something, but it was politically unsavory for it to be the number of days worked
- cuddlybacon 5y agoYeah. I'm interested if it was extended or not. I cannot really tell from the article. I expect this works great for 2 to 3 months when it is novel and everyone is keen to prove it works, but will begin to regress back after that. Where it ends up longterm is the big deal.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoHopefully the results out of Spain's trial are positive! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launc... (March 2021: Spain to launch trial of four-day working week)