“Now jobs are supposed to be miserable, so joy is canceled”
Comment on In 2019, Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40%
PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I wonder what excuse they used to shut it down
Username02@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
cheddar@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
To shut down what? By design, that was a short trial:
The company introduced a program this summer in Japan called the “Work Life Choice Challenge,” which shut down its offices every Friday in August and gave all employees an extra day off each week.
And like any short trial, it doesn’t answer the question whether the increased productivity would stay over longer periods of time. Other trials suggest that it wouldn’t.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Even if productivity turns out to be the same, the 4-day work week would be better.
cheddar@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
I fully agree. But I don’t like misleading posts like this one implying that a 4-day work week would lead to better productivity. That’s called confirmation bias. We (workers) won’t achieve anything by spreading lies like that.
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“It’s woooooooooooke!”
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
They didn’t really cancel it, it kept going through corona when the entire staff went remote so the conversation stopped cause everyone was kind of working on their own desired time anyway.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-2ExgMVZcE
Microsoft continues to do full remote and “hybrid” (only coming into the office once or twice a week) work schedules depending on your position and responsibilities.
Stern@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Considering it was in Japan they probably got off by just saying it was an experiment and the results would be evaluated (in the trash compactor). Japan is notably risk averse.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And also values the appearance of productivity over actual productivity.
See: Their silly fake running in the hallways.