![]() ![]() But we encourage you to at least allow the idea to float around your head. This is not a cure-all or an “apply to everyone” solution. It feels right.Īnd of course, there will be some situations, some roles, even some entire industries, where this will not be a feasible option. Tipping those scales a bit closer to 50/50 feels good. But under this system, you just have so much more room to work with. The rest is up to you to design, as it always has been. And in general, it’s a satisfying step further away from that classic depressing “Office Space” vision of the day-in, day-out work grind.īut it’s also almost exciting, especially if you like your job, to give yourself the challenge of filling that time as smartly and productively as you can. There’s no dread of the unending day and the slow-moving clock. ![]() There’s a subtle urgency and pep in your step that can come when you know your time to work isn’t unlimited. ![]() But that thought of “if I don’t get this done by quitting time Thursday it’s going to be hanging over my head all weekend…” can sometimes be the little push you need to get something done. I’m willing to bet the time you spent on that task expanded to fit the time limits you were working with-because it’s a well-proven quirk of human nature.Īnd of course, in a normal day-to-day office scenario, not every task is going to be a high-stress hard-deadline sort of situation. Think about the times when you’ve had a longer amount of time, or infinite time, to complete a task or project. There’s a kind of improved focus that comes about when working hours are compressed a little bit. And that’s what RescueTime is committing to. And employees report not only a decrease in mental and physical issues but an increase in general happiness.Īnd to be clear – the four-day workweek is not about trying to shove 40 hours of work into four days. CEOs and supervisors report marked increases in productivity and rarely any actual losses in efficiency or output across the board. Costs of running businesses, from physically “keeping the lights on” an extra day to other physical or personnel costs, are noticeably reduced. There are multiple benefits that at this point have been all-but-confirmed under the four-day workweek schedule. It’s all part of a heartening and encouraging movement across industries and disciplines to re-examine how best to work and live in our new modern times. “I want employees to think about and experience how they can achieve the same results with 20% less working time.”Įven developers of popular video games, in an industry notorious for thin margins, high pressure, and overwork, have made the push towards cutting out their Fridays. Microsoft Japan’s CEO Takuya Hirano put it simply: “work a short time, rest well, and learn a lot.” ![]() Microsoft’s operations in Japan tested the model and reportedly saw, along with generally more happy workers, a 40% increase in productivity across the board. All of those studies, from places like New Zealand, Ireland, or this one in Iceland, show stunningly positive results. We’re excited to be joining a new and growing movement with companies and start-ups around the country that have adopted the same program, following the proven results of case studies from around the world. So, RescueTime is ringing in a new era for our company: we’re adopting the four-day, 32-hour workweek. We want to walk the walk as much as we talk the talk. RescueTime’s products are intended to promote digital wellness in your life, from work to home and beyond.Īnd as we shift our product from a focus on productivity and peak efficiency and blasting through unread emails, to one of digital and productive balance, we’re looking to cultivate more harmonious relationships with our work, our devices, and our ambitions. And if you get stuck in negative patterns of chasing ultra-efficiency and increasing hours spent at work, your efforts can harm your health and wellbeing and negatively affect those around you. If we’re not careful, a pursuit of productivity can turn toxic. We know we give a lot of advice-especially here on our blog-about how best to navigate your work and your life.Īnd as we’ve explored, as a company and as people, our own personal relationship to work, productivity, and the balance of life, we’ve begun to see trends we don’t like. Here at RescueTime, we always want to be sure to put our money where our mouth is. ![]()
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