How a Four-Day Workweek Actually Works, From the Companies Pulling It Off
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In this edition, we take a look at how to pull off a four-day workweek, the art of the 15-minute meeting, what it takes to make a new habit stick and more.
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How a Four-Day Workweek Actually Works
Once a workers’ pipe dream, the four-day, 32-hour workweek is gaining ground as hundreds of employers try the schedules and businesses rethink the conventional ways of work. Organizations that have dipped a toe into shortened workweeks say it has resulted in happier, healthier staff, less turnover and a wave of interest from job applicants—usually with little to no loss in productivity .?
Need a Meeting? You Get 15 Minutes and That's It.
Speaking of efficiency, the 15-minute meeting is the ideal block of time that workers and bosses are willing to carve from their busy hybrid days, according to new data from Microsoft, which also shows the popularity of hourlong meetings is falling fast.
Distance between the executives who direct Starbucks’s corporate policy and the day-to-day trench warfare of serving Frappuccinos has left many of the chain’s 248,000 U.S. store workers fed up with senior management, demoralized and quick to quit. Laxman Narasimhan, the company’s new chief executive, is on a mission to fix that. His first step:
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?? How to Avoid Burnout in a 60-Year Career
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1 年I have mixed feelings about it. Frankly, most of the companies I’ve dealt with have instituted a post-COVID version of casual Fridays that goes beyond just dressing down on Fridays. Most people are able to work remotely on Friday and I applaud that. But getting rid of Friday altogether seems like pushing it. I love spending quality time with the family and kids, but personally I feel a sense of accomplishment when I finish the week strong with successes on a Friday afternoon. It paves the way to having a relaxing weekend and a productive following week. Making Friday a remote day, or even calling the work week 4 1/2 days instead of 5 is better than flat out instituting a 4 day work week across the board. Also consider the fact that there are many industries and companies that cannot alter to a four day work week. How are those employees supposed to feel?
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