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by 8DonCo Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:13 pm
A New Zealand company tried a four-day work week. It was a 'resounding success'
Perpetual Guardian, which helps customers manage their wills and estates, released the resultsof its two-month trial this week. The company said its employees all reported greater productivity, better work-life balance and lower stress levels from working one less day a week.
The employees — more than 240 of them — were still paid for five days a week during the experiment, which ran from the beginning of March to the end of April. The trial was conducted by outside researchers.
"It was just a theory, something I thought I wanted to try because I wanted to create a better environment for my team," Perpetual Guardian CEO Andrew Barnes told CNN. "I'm humbled that my team has responded, and they went beyond my wildest dreams."
In a survey taken late last year, only 54% of respondents said they felt able to manage their work-life balance. After the trial, that number jumped to 78%.
Staff stress levels also decreased by around 7%, while metrics used to measure team engagement rose around 20% on average.
The key to the experiment's success was the staff input, said Jarrod Haar of the Auckland University of Technology, one of the researchers who conducted the experiment.
"They were given the freedom to redesign things," Haar said. The experiment could be a model for other workplaces and become "a revolutionary way to work," he added.
Barnes said employees became more productive, spending less time on social media or non-work activity. One employee even told the CEO that he stopped looking at emails from his wife about an ongoing apartment search during work hours.
"Why am I not paying based on output?" Barnes said. "Why am I paying for days in the office?"
Employees offered other ideas on measuring productivity, like having small flags to place on their desks when they didn't want to be disturbed.
The experiment is particularly significant in New Zealand, which has low labor productivitycompared to other countries, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Barnes has recommended to his company's board that a four-day work week be made permanent, and says it could serve as an example for other firms around the world.
"What happens is you get a motivated, energized, stimulated, loyal work force," he said. "I have ended up with statistics that indicate my staff are fiercely proud of the company they work for because it gives a damn."
A company in New Zealand that tested four-day work weeks says the experiment was so successful that it wants to make it permanent.
Perpetual Guardian, which helps customers manage their wills and estates, released the resultsof its two-month trial this week. The company said its employees all reported greater productivity, better work-life balance and lower stress levels from working one less day a week.
The employees — more than 240 of them — were still paid for five days a week during the experiment, which ran from the beginning of March to the end of April. The trial was conducted by outside researchers.
"It was just a theory, something I thought I wanted to try because I wanted to create a better environment for my team," Perpetual Guardian CEO Andrew Barnes told CNN. "I'm humbled that my team has responded, and they went beyond my wildest dreams."
In a survey taken late last year, only 54% of respondents said they felt able to manage their work-life balance. After the trial, that number jumped to 78%.
Staff stress levels also decreased by around 7%, while metrics used to measure team engagement rose around 20% on average.
The key to the experiment's success was the staff input, said Jarrod Haar of the Auckland University of Technology, one of the researchers who conducted the experiment.
"They were given the freedom to redesign things," Haar said. The experiment could be a model for other workplaces and become "a revolutionary way to work," he added.
Barnes said employees became more productive, spending less time on social media or non-work activity. One employee even told the CEO that he stopped looking at emails from his wife about an ongoing apartment search during work hours.
"Why am I not paying based on output?" Barnes said. "Why am I paying for days in the office?"
Employees offered other ideas on measuring productivity, like having small flags to place on their desks when they didn't want to be disturbed.
The experiment is particularly significant in New Zealand, which has low labor productivitycompared to other countries, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Barnes has recommended to his company's board that a four-day work week be made permanent, and says it could serve as an example for other firms around the world.
"What happens is you get a motivated, energized, stimulated, loyal work force," he said. "I have ended up with statistics that indicate my staff are fiercely proud of the company they work for because it gives a damn."
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Re: Four-day work week
by Duyen Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:23 pm
Tùy người. Tui từng làm 10x4 mệt. Độc thân maybe ok. Tui thích ngủ nướng. Làm về tới nhà lo cơm nước nữa.
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Re: Four-day work week
by 8DonCo Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:28 pm
Duyen wrote:Tùy người. Tui từng làm 10x4 mệt. Độc thân maybe ok. Tui thích ngủ nướng. Làm về tới nhà lo cơm nước nữa.
hình như công ty làm 4 ngày trả 5 ngày chớ không phải làm bù
thằng CEO nầy nói productivity , not timing, vô làm mà ngồi chơi cũng vậy
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Re: Four-day work week
by vietnam4all Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:59 pm
Nói chứ mấy hãng có mfg, không nên làm 4 days per week.
Những hãng không có production thì làm ở nhà vẫn OK mà
Những hãng không có production thì làm ở nhà vẫn OK mà
vietnam4all
Re: Four-day work week
by May4phuong Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:04 pm
Có bà quen làm cho IRS, làm 10x4, được 1 ngày week day nghỉ ... mà làm cho govt đâu có busy gì, toàn ngồi chơi, ăn vặt và tán dóc thôi .
May4phuong
Re: Four-day work week
by Duyen Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:11 pm
Mình mới được làm ở nhà 2 ngày 1 tuần. Nghĩ tới mùa đông đỡ lái xe đỡ lo. At the same time nếu hảng mình outsource công việc có thể bị laid off. Good news and bad news at the same time 
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Re: Four-day work week
by ga10 Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:41 pm
Làm 4 ngày/tuần vậy mổi ngày vẩn chỉ làm 8 hours thôi hay phải làm 10 tiếng?
ga10
Re: Four-day work week
by 8DonCo Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:43 pm
ga10 wrote:Làm 4 ngày/tuần vậy mổi ngày vẩn chỉ làm 8 hours thôi hay phải làm 10 tiếng?
8h thôi, 10h thì nói gì nữa
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Re: Four-day work week
by ga10 Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:50 pm
8DonCo wrote:ga10 wrote:Làm 4 ngày/tuần vậy mổi ngày vẩn chỉ làm 8 hours thôi hay phải làm 10 tiếng?
8h thôi, 10h thì nói gì nữa
Vậy làm 0 xong thì phải chờ 3 ngày weekend trở vào mới có info! Bảo đảm 1 khi implemented 4 days work week rồi thì đâu sẽ vào đó lại. Đứa nào làm biếng thì làm biếng tiếp và được nghỉ 3 ngày. Còn đứa nào siêng năng thì làm ná thở luôn và 0 chừng weekend cũng làm tuốt!
ga10
Re: Four-day work week
by Cuom Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:17 pm
Không thể làm biếng được đâu. Hãng giờ chừ họ chia và giao công việc cho từng người, bổn phân mình phải làm xong việc cho đúng dead line, đâu thể nào có excuse gì để chậm trễ hoài được, 1-2 lần bị trễ hoặc làm sai là bị để ý rồi, cứ tiếp tục như vậy chứng tỏ mình không có khả năng, họ sẽ cho nghỉ việc.
Cuom
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