The Truth About the Four-Day Workweek
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The Truth About the Four-Day Workweek

Good morning and welcome back to the Journal's newsletter about the rapidly changing world of work and how to get ahead in your career.

In this edition, we take a look at the pros and cons of an abbreviated workweek, how companies can lose workers without imposing layoffs, why Americans are increasingly taking part-time jobs and more.

This is a short version of The Wall Street Journal’s Careers & Leadership newsletter. Sign up here to get the full edition in your inbox every week.


Is a Four-Day Week the Future of Work?

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More companies are experimenting with the four-day workweek, and workers who have tried it are divided on how fruitful an abbreviated schedule can be. A large majority of U.K. companies participating in a test of a four-day workweek said they would stick with it.?

U.S. workers who’ve tried it have their own thoughts.


Burned Out, More Americans Are Turning to Part-Time Jobs

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The number of Americans working part time rose by 1.2 million in December and January compared with the preceding months, according to the Labor Department. Most of that increase—857,000 workers—was driven by people who worked part time by choice.

Another labor market puzzle.


These Three Words Are Taking Over LinkedIn

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There’s a new trend on LinkedIn. Users are stuffing comment boxes with boilerplate phrases to help posts go viral, often in support of colleagues who are searching for work.?

Click for reach?


Elsewhere in The Wall Street Journal

Check out some of the Journal’s other best-read stories on work life and the office over the past week:

  • Americans in Their 30s Are Piling On Debt (Read)
  • How Hybrid Work Is Changing Offices of the Future (Read)
  • Here’s How to Ask for Workplace Accommodations for Long Covid (Read)


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This newsletter was curated by Gretchen Tarrant, WSJ Producer. Let us know what you think by dropping us a note at [email protected].?

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Queens College Business Graduate

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Reduced commute, less stress.

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One where you get to whip the establishment into shape (because that's what it takes to keep them in line if you get anything out of them at all to begin with).

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