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Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it's 'here to stay.' (news.yahoo.com)

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Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it's 'here to stay.'::The latest data shows that workers and companies prosper under a four-day workweek. Rep. Mark Takano wants to make it law.

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[-] donut4ever@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

In the IT world, if you really count the actual hours we do actual work, you'd probably end up with 2 or 3 days worth of work. This will help both companies and employees. But I'm not gonna hold my breath.

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Depends at what level in IT. Definitely lessens as you go up. I remember being a grunt and working 50 hour weeks and being oncall, scared to leave my house for fear I would get called. Now after 20 years of experience I only get called in when stuff is REALLY broken and have a lot more free time to better myself. I use down time to learn new skills or work in my homelab.

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