studies on 4 day working weeks showed
"Measures of employee stress, burnout, fatigue and work/family conflict all declined.
At the same time, employees reported improved physical and mental health, work-life balance and increased general life satisfaction. Although some employees were still doing some work on their day off, most felt they were more productive and doing a better job.
People reported getting more exercise and more sleep on a four-day week. For families, the results from the UK study were very positive with the time spent by male workers looking after their children increasing by 27%."
i have not directly read the evidence but this is taken from the world economic forum website here
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/10/surprising-benefits-four-day-week/
One thing I should add, in my last job I was commuting an hour each way every morning and evening for work. in busy often stressful traffic.
5 days a week. and about 47-48 weeks a year. This equated to 20 straight days per year sat with full concentration driving in stressed situations.
that is a lot of of time and unnecessary stress that could be avoided if the car took over that job. it is time I could be productive. it is also time I am not being paid for and unable to do anything leisurely not exercise, not read or do other things, so in effect it is 20 days per year I am completely loosing just to get to where I was doing my job.
Ironically I calculated this in my head one morning while stuck in heavy traffic. It was this which prompted me (amongst other things) to shift jobs to work from home)
