Should the Four-Day Workweek Be Your New Normal?

Benefits include increased productivity and improved recruiting. Here’s how to think through–and successfully implement–this new way to work.
When running a business, sometimes you’ll hear a knee-jerk idea–you know, the kind that makes you say, “Impossible. No way we could ever do that.” That’s what a lot of people say when they hear about the movement to reduce the typical workweek from five eight-hour days to four, for a total of 32 working hours. But ever since the pandemic, the four-day workweek has been growing in popularity. Now–like remote work–it’s not a crazy idea but something that companies are adopting to great success .