The Dutch have been quietly getting on with normalising the four day working week, and it seems to not have had the negative impact many critics have claimed, with the Netherlands' economy still one of the most successful in the EU;

as so often, real political economic change can be organic rather than forced, and in the UK while at an early stage of this process, the four day working week is slowly but surely e becoming more widely adopted. Good!

#workers #FourDayWeek
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2y85xdyw3o

Here we go on another Friday which isn't like Friday Used To Be. Absolutely no one walking to the station to get a train to London at 7.30 ( the rest of the week we all have to stop at the zebra crossing for them to run to get the train ) No one in the car parks for local businesses, or queuing for an end of the week breakfast from me.

How long til we all officially call in a #FourDayWeek ? #WorkFromHome #Friday ( and often also #Monday )

I'm so happy that I'm only working 80% – on a #FourDayWeek! 😃 I'm doing it intentionally since 1.5 years to have more time to relax 🧘‍♀️🛌, to learn new things 💡, to have more time for workout 🏃‍♀️💪 and to spend more time with my partner 🫂. I can really recommend it to others.

For inspiration and sources to the scientific results I can recommend checking out www.4dayweek.com.

Photo below: from a #hike in #Switzerland – something I can do when I'm off on Fridays!

#FutureOfWork

#Labour
#FourDayWeek
I continue to despair about the Labour government I voted for. There are many benefits of doing 5 days work in four days. This looks like a response to Reform rather than anything else.

Benefits of a four-day week are ever clearer, despite Steve Reed’s stance https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/30/benefits-four-day-week-ever-clearer-despite-steve-reed-stance?CMP=share_btn_url

🏖 Fridays are magic. We live for them.
So… what if you had two every week?

We ditched the 5-day grind for a 4-day work week. Productivity didn’t drop—if anything, it went up.
In this post, I share how we made the switch, what changed, and why your company should try it too.

👉 Read more: https://bitskingdom.com/blog/four-day-work-week-success-story/

#4dayweek #futureofwork #worklifebalance #productivity #workculture #WorkCulture #4DayWeek #32hours #4DayWorkWeek #fourdayweek #myextraday

More evidence (this time from the public sector in Scotland) that the four day week not only improves workers' wellbeing, it also improves productivity. Moreover, this is a proper four day week - rescued hours but no loss of pay - making it a powerful example, both for the Scottish government's management of its civil service & more widely.

The momentum is building for the four day week & its social benefits....

#workers #politics #FourDayWeek

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/27/scottish-government-trial-of-four-day-week-improves-productivity-and-staff-wellbeing

Yet another study to show benefits of a 4-day work week with no pay reduction: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/4_day_week_study/

#FourDayWeek #Study #Nature #NatureHumanBehaviour

"A new peer-reviewed study has found a four-day work week improves both physical and mental health, reduces burnout and boosts job satisfaction. 2,896 employees across 141 organisations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US, Ireland and the UK took part in the six-month trial."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-22/four-day-work-week-health-burnout/105555392

#work #fourdayweek #burnout

Nearly 1,000 Britons just proved working smarter beats working harder. The four-day week trial: 100% of companies keeping it, burnout down 62%, life satisfaction up 45%, financial performance doubled. It's almost like treating humans as humans instead of productivity machines actually works. Who knew? 🤔

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/03/2018215/nearly-1000-britons-will-keep-four-day-work-week-after-trial

#FourDayWeek #WorkLifeBalance #ProductivityParadox

I started working a 4 day week around 1 year ago. One of my main motivations is that my brain used to be stuck in "work mode" for most of Saturday, and I wanted 2 full days of real weekend. But having 3 days weekends actually made me better at disconnecting from work, so not only I can actually enjoy my entire weekend, but I also disconnect better during workdays.

#Work #FourDayWeek #PartTime #WorkLifeBalance