A couple days late this time, my apologies!
The news on the 4-day week was dominated by the announcement of the UK 4-day week trial sponsored by 4 Day Week Global. The program itself was covered in The Times, The Times again, City AM, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. It also generated a whole bunch of broader“Is the 4-day week an idea whose time has come?”-style articles in The Drum, The Org, The Business Desk,
New company announcements
- Landmark London announced it would trial a 4-day week for its chefs.
- Two Yorkshire restaurants likewise are implementing 4-day weeks for staff.
- Flexioffices, an online marketplace for serviced offices, started writing about its 4-day week trial.
- Bristol digital design firm Pixelfish announced it would shift a 4.5-day workweek.
- Empire Digital Marketing began a trial on January 17th.
- Tunbridge Wells-based digital marketing and design agency Patch posted about implementing a 4.5 day workweek in May 2021.
- A small Utah software company Previ announced it’s just implemented a 4-day week.
- Eastern Daily Press wrote about Norwich companies working 4-day weeks. For some reason, Norwich has emerged as one of the hotspots for 4-day week activity.
Opinion pieces and other writing
- The Indiana Chamber of Commerce wants you to know that the Hoosier State has companies doing 4-day weeks.
- The Wall Street Journal talked at length with Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow about the 4-day week.
- Business Insider profiled Mark Takano, the California congressman who’s pushing for a 32-hour workweek in the US.
- Financial Times columnist Pilitia Clark says we should “Get ready for the 4-day working week.”
- In The Guardian, Gene Marks argues that “It’s time for US small businesses to offer a 4-day workweek.”
- Finally, filed under “hey, they’re talking about my book,” Rupert Hawksley argued in The Independent that “We can no longer ignore the benefits of a four-day working week.” He writes: “Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, argues that a four-day week leads to “increased productivity and creativity; improved recruitment and retention; less burnout for founders and leaders; and more balanced and sustainable lives for workers”.