A report that the employee's stress level and lifestyle satisfaction were improved at 'work four days a week'

by Ali Yahya

In addition to Saturdays and Sundays in addition to Saturdays and Sundays in a week, we added a day off and worked "4 days a week", and 78% of our employees answered that they were successfully managing both work and life It is reported that the stress level has also declined and the satisfaction with living is improved.

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It was New Zealand's real estate company · Perpetual Guardian who worked 4 days a week. The founder Andrew Burns introduced for the purpose of improving work-life balance of employees and having them concentrate on work while in the office.

Professor Jarrod Her from the Auckland Institute of Technology conducted a survey before and after the introduction of measures, and the number of employees who responded that they are "well managed" with respect to work / life balance was 54% before the introduction of measures After the introduction of measures, it increased by 24 points to 78%. The stress level decreased by 7 points, the living satisfaction level was increased by 5 points.

According to Helen Dillenie who is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland Business School, employees have devised themselves so that the productivity will not drop even on a 4-day work week, automating manual processes, It seems that they did not use net use.

Ian Leeds Galloway Minister for Labor and Immigration also said that it is evaluating the result of this measure.

Mr. Burns seems to believe that this way of working model can have a positive impact on society, "Is it a bad thing to have more time to stay with parents?"