Big names in this list including Shopify and Buffer but perhaps only these kind of large companies can do 30 hours since they have so many resources? I'm at a smaller company and I'm still working right into the labor day weekend.
I have worked with excellent people at ING in Amsterdam as an external IT consultant. While helping them to engineer their new platform strategy, I experienced that they are one of the best companies I have worked with in terms of culture, tech stack and hourly rate among all European clients we had during the past 11 years. Many employees opt-in for a 4-days week since it became really popular during the last few years.
I think a 4-days week is more attractive for employees and tech companies in many aspects than a 5-days week.
The 5-days week was established in times where work was mostly manual or repetitive. It was a historical trade-off between companies and the working society that evolved over the last centuries.
But nowadays many jobs require creative and mental work which can not be placed into a linear time-scale in comparison to the idea of assembly line workers where companies can add more persons and the productivity output is mostly increasing linearly. People pursuing occupations with a high amount of mental work keep solving complex problems during and outside their working time.
Probably you also remember a moment when you thought about a problem you are trying to solve and you found the solution at any random place and time.
The 4-days week enables people more flexibility to organize their life around the the complex challenges that are being solved by companies they work at.
When people are expected to learn new things outside their working time, a 4-days week with 1 day of learning at home would allow them to have a 2-day weekend.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 20.0 ms ] threadI think a 4-days week is more attractive for employees and tech companies in many aspects than a 5-days week.
The 5-days week was established in times where work was mostly manual or repetitive. It was a historical trade-off between companies and the working society that evolved over the last centuries.
But nowadays many jobs require creative and mental work which can not be placed into a linear time-scale in comparison to the idea of assembly line workers where companies can add more persons and the productivity output is mostly increasing linearly. People pursuing occupations with a high amount of mental work keep solving complex problems during and outside their working time.
Probably you also remember a moment when you thought about a problem you are trying to solve and you found the solution at any random place and time.
The 4-days week enables people more flexibility to organize their life around the the complex challenges that are being solved by companies they work at.
P.S. +1 adding ING to the list