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>If you're competing for talent - and nearly all companies are - and "we're on a 4-day workweek" would be appealing, why not do it? At my workplace, this is ho
by ziddoap 3y ago
>If you're competing for talent - and nearly all companies are - and "we're on a 4-day workweek" would be appealing, why not do it?
At my workplace, this is how we ended up shifting to a 4-day work week. We were in a bit of a squeeze for hiring, and the last few candidates we had hired didn't end up working out.
We shifted to a 4-day work week and we have found we're getting higher quality applicants that would have presumably skipped over us for a more prestigious name, a company offering 4-day already, or whatever.
Not saying it's guaranteed to be the same for others, but it's worked remarkably well for us in our talent search.
- chiefalchemist 3y agoIt is, at least for now, a point of differentiation. It also could be dog-fooding. That is, how of is it, "We're innovative. We're pro-team...4DWW? What's that?" The other thing is, not everyone wants Friday off. Therefore, the company can remain open 5 days, but not everyone is available all five days.
- ziddoap 3y ago>The other thing is, not everyone wants Friday off. Therefore, the company can remain open 5 days, but not everyone is available all five days. We rolled it out this way. Business is still open 5 days, roughly half the staff has Mondays off and the others have Fridays off. Staff have a "buddy" on the other schedule that they touch base with in case something needs to be taken care of on one of their days off.
- chiefalchemist 3y agoKudos to your company and its leadership. The buddy idea is pure genius. Not only does it enable continuity, it's team building. This is the first time I hearing about such an idea...whoa.