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Benefits of a shorter workday

  • A shorter workday is linked to increased worker wellbeing and potentially heightened productivity. 
  • A UK survey showed that, on average, people only feel productive for about half the workday. So shortening it could motivate them to increase that window. 
  • Increased productivity could also stem from better worker morale. Many workers’ efficiency may increase while their mistakes decrease.
  • With shorter days, workers may be more inclined to do effective, efficient work instead of wasting time or taking on busy work to fill eight hours a day.

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Arguments for a shorter workday

Eight-hour workdays are standard for many industries – and this structure is hard to change. Everyone thinks of work as five days a week, eight hours a day. But, the lack of evolution is a failure of imagination, not actually measuring people's results. 

Studies show working longer does not...

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Potential pitfalls

  • There’s no guarantee every worker will be equally productive during a shorter day, especially for less committed workers. 
  • A shorter workday for multinational companies in some industries could also interfere with the overlap among time zones.
  • There may be hidden cos...

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The four-day workweek

The four-day workweek

The four-day workweek with a three-day weekend is nice, but condensing five days of work into four can prove stressful for some workers and may even be considered non-viable. 

There may be other alternatives. Some organisational psychologists suggest shortening the workday, such as six hour...

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