You’ve heard about the 4-day workweek — but what about the 9-day fortnight? (via CNBCMakeIt)
But concerns about factors like profit, added pressure for workers due to a higher daily workload and the need to be available to clients during all standard working hours remain.
Some companies ask employees to work longer hours on the days they are working to allow for the extra day off, others say this is not important to them as long as their output remains consistent. "It's one of the things that everyone is mentioning. When they say 'hey, why do you want to work at Otta?' It's 'I read about this, I love the way you're thinking, I've always wanted to do this.'"
"Those four day weeks, they can feel a lot, they can feel quite intense," he says. "I don't love the idea of doing that every week." "The benefits were obvious, I felt we were better supporting employee's mental wellbeing, reducing stress and burnout, allowing for time to switch off. And the team felt more productive. But there were some drawbacks," she explains.
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