“We definitely saw much higher engagement levels among staff—higher than we’ve ever recorded,” said Jon Leland, chief strategy officer at Kickstarter, which finished its pilot in September and permanently adopted a four-day schedule for its 100 or so employees.
The organizations involved – ranging from an Ohio RV builder to a Dublin climate nonprofit – registered gains in revenue and employee productivity, as well as drops in absenteeism and turnover. Workers on a four-day schedule also were more inclined to work from the office than home.
One weakness of the study is that all of the participating organizations opted in; the leadership was already biased toward four-day weeks. But employees, who didn’t necessarily opt-in, were won over, as 97% of the nearly 1,000 in the study wanted to continue with four-day schedule.
What did they do with that extra time off? Hobbies, housework and self-care.
Another low note came around gender: The study found no change in the balance of household tasks, meaning that when men had a free day off, they didn’t do more housework, though they helped a little more on child care.
All in all, the benefits of the 4-Day Week Schedule are still debatable!
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