Benjamin Franklin on the 4-hour day
From Benjamin Franklin, "On Luxury, Idleness, and Industry," in The Life of Benjamin Franklin (Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852), p. 292: “It has been computed by some political
Compressed weeks, employee morale, and work-life balance: Evidence from Sharjah, UAE
In January 2022, the United Arab Emirates officially adopted a 4.5-day week for its public sector and schools. (I wrote about the change here.) Private-sector companies were not
Retirement and the 4 day week
Part of the logic of the 4-day week is that it can help people avoid burnout, and make jobs for which they’re highly trained and emotionally invested more
Korean article about the 4-day week
For those who speak (or just understand) Korean, this new piece on TBS is worth watching:
Juliet Schor on the 4-day week: Companies “took this opportunity to totally rethink how they were doing things”
Juliet Schor talked to Michelle Peng in Time Magazine about the 4-day week trials, and the results she and her team at Boston College are seeing. Of course
Forbes on the global burnout epidemic
Edward Siegel writes in Forbes about a set of surveys that reveal the extent of burnout in workplaces worldwide: New surveys underscore an essential reality about today’s workplace
Bruce Daisley on lessons from the UK 4-day week trial
Bestselling business writer Bruce Daisley has a piece about “5 Things We Learned from the 4-Day Week Trials.” What were those five things? Firms who implemented the 4
Hutch Games adopts a 4-day week!
London-based mobile games company Hutch just announced on their Web site that after participating in the 4 Day Week Global-organized trial for UK companies, they are making their
“Slow Down A Little Bit:” Brooklyn USA on the 4-day week
The Brooklyn USA podcast takes a deep dive into the 4-day week. Historian Benjamin Hunnicutt has called the push for more free time the “forgotten American dream"; but
Financial Times Working It podcast series on the 4-day week
Over the last couple years the Financial Times has run some of the best articles on the 4-day week (as well as columns on the importance of rest