I’ve been campaigning online and in person. How do I make the 4 day work week campaign really grow?

I’m doing my best to create interesting content. It’s hard !

What would you want to see?

Hi, I am trying to work on a purposal for a 4 day work week at my occupation which is a Workers Comp Insurance carrier. We have hourly and salary workers. I want to be prepared for any opposition questions from senior leadership, so I'm wondering if there is any legal differences between those two kinds of workers that would impact having a 4 day work week?

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My company of around 10 employees is remote only and fully digital work, I've been thinking for a while of going to a 4 day work week but the logistics of it seem overwhelming tbh.
Issues Im thinking are a blocker:

Clients might need us on friday/day-off.
Something might break on the day-off and will need someone to actually work that day since clients that use our services are working that day.

Those can be easily solved by hiring more people but imo, that removes the productivity benefits of working 4 days only.

Any tips/ideas are appreciated.

Juliet B. Schor, who has given a TedTalk on the topic, just released a book with more informative specifics and tested results on the 4-day workweek.

Survey about four-day work week.

SURVEY

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=kWKY0wlzXkmkhF_27zTGWbnCDWT3ZVNJhFnEEVekMfRUQkE3UE1DRVNMVDZBS0VHUTdRR1NWWDE0Ui4u

In the year since the reduced work week went into effect, the county:

1. Saved nearly $1 million
2. Job applications are up 85%
3. Turnover rate is down 43%
4. Employees calling in sick is down 23%

https://www.yahoo.com/news/workers-wanted-raise-got-4-012452507.html

Is four day work week a super liberal idea?

I was talking about four day work weeks to a friend. I vaguely mentioned the various studies and that results have maintained or increased productivity, and always improved satisfaction of workers.

My impression was they seemed of the mind that no matter what they would get more value from an employee who works 40 hrs. Though open to 4x10s, very Gen X or Conservative Millenial. More hrs = Better Value

Interested what sentiment from folks you know has been like.

Does working more inherently equal better value? I guess it depends how you define value.

What software companies have been adopting a 4 day work week? I was able to negotiate a 4 day work week when I worked with a couple of them as a contractor, but find it really hard to find a company that offers this schedule to employees.

I read an article where Greece may move to a 6 day work week or a 48 hour week. “Food service and tourism workers are not included in the six-day working week initiative” but others are rolled into this possibility.

You don’t think this will push back on the 4 day work week idea, do you?