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[-] cheddar@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

To shut down what? By design, that was a short trial:

The company introduced a program this summer in Japan called the “Work Life Choice Challenge,” which shut down its offices every Friday in August and gave all employees an extra day off each week.

And like any short trial, it doesn't answer the question whether the increased productivity would stay over longer periods of time. Other trials suggest that it wouldn't.

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago

Even if productivity turns out to be the same, the 4-day work week would be better.

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

I fully agree. But I don't like misleading posts like this one implying that a 4-day work week would lead to better productivity. That's called confirmation bias. We (workers) won't achieve anything by spreading lies like that.

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