Episode #68: Whats up with the 4 day work week?

Raise your hand if you want to work less and get paid the same amount of money!!! That is exactly what the 4 day work week promises. Right now experiments are occurring across hundreds of companies to determine if workers can maintain the same productivity in 20% less time. Sounds great for the worker, but as Thomas Sowell has stated eloquently "there are no solutions, There are only tradeoffs". Listen in to understand the many perspectives.

Beer Selection:

10 Barrel Brewing Co. Raspberry Crush

https://10barrel.com/beer/raspberry-crush/

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Episode Links:

https://www.4dayweek.com/

https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/10/07/the-four-day-week-which-countries-have-embraced-it-and-how-s-it-going-so-far

https://www.changerecruitmentgroup.com/knowledge-centre/the-pros-and-cons-of-a-4-day-working-week

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/18/is-the-four-day-work-week-the-key-to-recruiting-and-retaining-workers.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/business/four-day-work-week-risk-takers

https://fortune.com/2022/10/05/us-companies-offering-four-day-work-week-list/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/business/four-day-work-week-uk.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20companies%20participating,of%20participants%20published%20on%20Wednesday.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/what-does-the-four-day-workweek-mean-for-the-future-of-work/

https://hbr.org/2022/05/what-leaders-need-to-know-before-trying-a-4-day-work-week

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/06/1109316972/more-companies-are-trying-out-the-4-day-workweek-but-it-might-not-be-for-everyon

https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/how-about-a-four-day-workweek-already.html

https://www.gallup.com/workplace/354596/4-day-work-week-good-idea.aspx

https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/four-day-work-week

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/productivity#:~:text=Productivity%20in%20the%20United%20States,the%20first%20quarter%20of%201950.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

https://fortune.com/2022/05/05/worker-productivity-largest-decline-1947-expert-opinion/

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Episode #68: Whats up with the 4 day work week?

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