UK's 4-Day Work Week: 200 Companies Embrace Change

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Two hundred companies across marketing, tech, and charity sectors, which employ over 5,000 people, have switched to a four-day work week, keeping the same pay as before.

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Joe Ryle from the 4 Day Week Foundation explains that The nine-to-five, five-day workweek is 100 years old and doesn't fit today's world.

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This shift gives people an extra day each week, which logically means more time for personal and family commitments, and also reduces expenses such as commuting costs.

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Young workers are particularly excited about this change according to a recent survey and wish for it to be normalised within five years to improve their quality of life.

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Big companies such as JP Morgan and Amazon still want staff in the office five days a week, creating an interesting split in how different companies view work life.

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South Cambridgeshire District Council proves this change can work in government too - they've even got their waste collection service running on four days.

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Bills can logically decrease with offices running one less day per week and for businesses, this naturally means potential savings on operational costs.

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While some politicians like Deputy PM Angela Rayner support the idea, Labour hasn't made it an official policy yet, and it seems popular especially after remote jobs post-COVID.

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