Stress Solution: The Four Day Week
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
They theorise that, since we work 10-16 hour days five (or more!) days a week and still can’t get everything done, then the solution cannot be more work. Simply, it is better management of time over a less stressful four-day week. Some highlights of their argument…
“Now that we’ve been working a four-day week for three months, we’ve realized that we can’t always get the same amount of work done. Let’s face it, there are only so many hours in the day, and if you work fewer days, you will inevitably not get as much done.
But in the larger scheme of things, does that really matter? Will we lie on our death bed and say “Damn, I wish I would’ve got more done at work?” I doubt it.”
Personally, I’m all for it. Let’s hear it for A List Apart!
