Employees Are Much Interested In Working 4 Days From Office: Study
Researchers in a study have found that companies are more interested in continuing with a four-day working schedule than a five-day one. None of the 33 companies that participated in the study are re-implementing the standard five working days.
Participating organisations saw modest reductions in absenteeism and turnover, while increasing profits and employee productivity. The study found that employees participating in the 4-day working program are more interested in coming to the office to complete work instead of working from home.
Juliet Schor, the lead researcher of this study, is an economist and sociologist at Boston College. She said, ''This is necessary because the two-day weekend is not working for the people. We have examples of workweek in many countries which was implemented in 1938, but it does not match the contemporary life. For the well-being of those who have jobs, it is important that we pay attention to the structure of the work week.''
For this study, Juliet Schor partnered with scholars at University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge.
By getting more freedom and time in the working structure, the employees will also develop a sense of responsibility and gratitude towards the company. This change in companies resulted in improvements in everything from productivity to well-being and fatigue. The findings come at a time when businesses and their employees are struggling to recover from the pandemic, with high rates of burnout, stress and fatigue.
According to the study, 'good results are important that exceed the modest efforts made to engage in change.' The employees told about the reduction in work stress. Decreased symptoms of burnout, stress, and fatigue were also observed, along with a reduction in sleep problems.
As per the study, employees started exercising 24 minutes more in a week. Due to this, the health of the employees improved which was according to the suggestion of the World Health Organisation.
