Wednesday, January 29, 2025

200 UK Companies Sign Up for Permanent Four-day Working Week

Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain's working week.

Posted by LampLighter at 07:30 PM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

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There's a reason it's the most read article this morning. We're done with burnout culture. We're ready to put the "balance" back in work-life balance. It's time for more freedom. It's time for a 4-day week.

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-- 4 Day Week Foundation (@4dayweek.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM

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... Together the companies employ more than 5,000 people, with charities, marketing and technology firms among the best-represented, according to the latest update from the 4 Day Week Foundation.

Proponents of the four-day week say that the five-day pattern is a hangover from an earlier economic age. Joe Ryle, the foundation's campaign director, said that the "9-5, five-day working week was invented 100 years ago and is no longer fit for purpose. We are long overdue an update."

With "50% more free time, a four-day week gives people the freedom to live happier, more fulfilling lives", he continued. "As hundreds of British companies and one local council have already shown, a four-day week with no loss of pay can be a win-win for both workers and employers." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-28 12:28 AM

Hope they asked King of the World Musk first.

Otherwise we might be over there riling up Corporate class to defend Britain from this outrageous scheme to cheat them out of their slave labor.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-28 10:58 AM

More from the article ...
... Proponents of the four-day week say that the five-day pattern is a hangover from an earlier economic age. Joe Ryle, the foundation's campaign director, said that the "9-5, five-day working week was invented 100 years ago and is no longer fit for purpose. We are long overdue an update." ...

So, I wonder, how will the corporate world respond to this?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 09:01 PM

The corporate world is a meat grinder.

Your only worth is to produce profits for the shareholders.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-29 09:04 PM

@#3 ...how will the corporate world respond to this? ...

Maybe ...

Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death (1987)
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...
Been turned around till I'm upside down
Been all at sea until I've drowned
And I've felt torture, I've felt pain
Just like that film with Michael Caine
I've been abused and I've been confused
And I've kissed Margaret Thatcher's shoes
I've been high and I've been low
And I don't know where to go

[Chorus]
Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death

[Verse 2]
And heroin was the love you gave
From the cradle to the grave
Boys and girls don't understand
The devil makes work for idle hands
I cut myself but I don't bleed
'Cause I don't get what I need
Doesn't matter what I say
Tomorrow's still another day

[Chorus]
Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death
...



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 09:07 PM

I applaud any company who does this. Good for them.

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-29 09:07 PM

My daughter is considering offers. Both companies offer work from home and closing at noon on fridays.

#7 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-29 09:09 PM


I applaud any company who does this. Good for them.
#6 | POSTED BY EBERLY

The companies won't last long, but yeah good for them.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-29 09:19 PM

@#8 ... The companies won't last long ...

Why?

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 09:22 PM

8

It's not going to be charity.

Get 40 hours in 4 days
Accept less pay
Etc

It's about flexibility and coming to terms.

#10 | Posted by EBERLY at 2025-01-29 09:41 PM

Developing reports: American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas inbound to DCA collided midair with a D.C. Police Helicopter on approach.


It's not going to be charity.

Get 40 hours in 4 days
Accept less pay
Etc

It's about flexibility and coming to terms.

#10 | POSTED BY EBERLY

You know and I know they won't work 40 in 4.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-29 09:51 PM

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#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-29 09:52 PM


@#8 ... The companies won't last long ...

Why?

#9 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Why do you think? Throw out some ideas "engineer".

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-29 09:52 PM

@#13 ... Why do you think? ...

It is not up to me to try to justify the opinions your current alias proffers.

But I do note that the reluctance of your current alias to offer a cogent reply to the simple question I asked in #9 speaks volumes.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 09:57 PM

It is not up to me to try to justify the opinions your current alias proffers.

Its not a justification, its reality ... its not an opinion its a scientific fact.

You're engineer right? Think.

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-29 10:01 PM

America and Briton are living on borrowed time.

#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-29 10:04 PM

@#15 ... its not an opinion its a scientific fact. ...

Yeah, I do note the avoidance of your current alias to answer a simple question.

So, what else yer got, besides deflection?

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 10:40 PM

I guess despite the rain and grey, the UK needs to go on my relocation list.

#18 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-01-30 04:54 PM

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