Bridget Molina

Should the standard full-time workweek be cut to four days with no pay cut?

I run a 14-person marketing firm and we went to four days in 2023. Here is what the think pieces miss: hiring got easier overnight. Candidates pick us over bigger salaries because of Fridays, and turnover fell to nearly zero, which saves me far more than one day of output ever cost. We protect the schedule the boring way: meetings get agendas, Fridays are truly off, and client deadlines did not move. Revenue is up, not down. The five-day week assumes attention is infinite. It is not, and every owner pretending otherwise is paying for it in churn. The data backs it up: [4 Day Week Global's pilot results](https://gpa.net/blogs/global/global-findings-from-four-day-work-week-pilot) showed revenue up across participating companies alongside drops in stress, fatigue, and resignations.

saw oppenheimer in 70mm and i still think about it. on streaming it wouldve been homework

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