Economy Microsoft Japan gives 3 day weekend to staff. Productivity increased 39.9%

[cincymma79]

I'm sure there will be people with the slave mindset that hates this idea.

Employee lives are better and more healthy

Employers get an increase in productivity and saving more on cost

Everyone literally wins

What's there not to like?

The minimum possible hours worked to accomplish the job should always be the goal. Is this up for debate?

 

[IGotAHugePeckah]

I think it's just socialist bullshit. You want to hire people that have the work ethic to give you a hard week, not a bunch of pussies who will work harder for 4 days if you give them a 3-day weekend.

 

[tinker_190]

12’s are the way to go.

I agree. My first job out of high school was four days on, 3 days off, 12 hour days. I was trying to get as much overtime before college as I could. Looking back, I only had a few hours per day for my own life (eating, gym, etc.) but if I had that pattern every week, I could do all of my "living" on my 3 day weekend and feel really recharged. I guess what is optimal would depend on kids/wife schedule too.

 

[IDL]

I’d do a four day with additional hours over five. Sometimes you just have a crazy week though and might come in more days but to have the norm be four 10s would be great imo.

Same. I'm a contractor in the position I am in currently and the public sector staff have the option of doing four day work week schedules. That is the only perk that would make me tempted to switch companies and take the pay cut.

People are also encouraged to work from home one day a week.

this is the IT sector mind you so it lends itself well to this sort of thing.

I know people who work for an IT company who's policy is infinite holidays. In reality it doesn't get abused, but I imagine if some construction company offered such a thing their job site would be half empty.

 

[Amerikuracana]

Is this the typical, we Murika, we know better than anyone post? Same with college, healthcare etc...

No.. They just need to get out and breed more

 

[no fat chicks]

I posted a thread about a 6 hour work day to increase demand for employees and allow people more free time. It was crazy the negative responses it got

 

[MicroBrew]

No.. They just need to get out and breed more

They don't need to breed; they have transcended Darwinian survivalism. They realize that breeding doesn't change the fact that ultimately humanity will go extinct and there is no hereafter, that life is meaningless.

 

[zebby23]

I posted a thread about a 6 hour work day to increase demand for employees and allow people more free time. It was crazy the negative responses it got

Many people won’t listen to new ideas until they hear Trump or Hannitys opinion on them first

 

[JimmyFresno]

Good! Work to live, don't live to work!

Home Offices would be a great next step! Why are people commuting 2 hours, one-way, just to sit in an office and work at a computer?

It would greatly reduce the amount of emmissions from vehicles, while making the employee happier.

As others have said, however, the problem is that most bosses are complete dolts.

 

[vengeful]

Productivity didnt increase because of the 3 day weekend, productivity increased because they decided to cut out all the bullshit meetings and actually work instead of talking about working.


If productivity really would increase by 39% simply by giving a 3 day weekend.....then why wouldnt they move to that format for the whole year instead of just trying it for a month? That's shitty management if they're holding back their company from increasing production by 39% just to adhere to some traditional work schedule.

 

[VivaRevolution]

I don’t really understand stuff like this. There’s no way that’s the average time an American is spending on work. Companies would cut labor drastically if that was so. If anything, Americans work more hours because a company refuses to properly staff the workforce to have normal hours. In Japan it’s far more believable as it’s a cultural thing to work long hours even if you have little work to do. I think that isn’t as true in the US. Maybe some places have that mentality but I would say in comparison to Japan, it’s more about just getting your job done, however long that may take.

The idea is that you are only going to get so much work out of person until they are exhausted, and then the work becomes very innefficient.

That if you are required to be at work less, that your threshold for becoming exhausted is higher.

This obviously isn't going to be true for every person. I'm sure some people operate at a high level whether at 35, or 70 hours a week.

 

[Fedorable]

4 days = 1 less day to take a lunch.

 

[Lead]

The idea is that you are only going to get so much work out of person until they are exhausted, and then the work becomes very innefficient.

That if you are required to be at work less, that your threshold for becoming exhausted is higher.

This obviously isn't going to be true for every person. I'm sure some people operate at a high level whether at 35, or 70 hours a week.

I understand the op. I was replying to someone claiming the typical American worker works 2 out of 8 hours of their shift. That’s silly.
A tolerable work week can be very subjective and change from person to person obviously. As society progresses, you would hope that the minimum does decrease for those people who would rather do something else while making a modest living. There will always still be those who choose to work more hours that that bar and make more in the long term. There is a law of diminishing returns like anything else however.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Shocked.

 

[Hoof Hearted]

It's a shame their contractors who provide support for Office 365 are still so underpaid and overworked. They are almost begging for a 5 star review so they don't get disciplined. That must be a horrible environment to work in.

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

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[Simian Raticus]

Personally, in my current job, I find I've pretty much checked out by Thursday, and am just going through the motions until the weekend.

Not that my job is particularly difficult, it's just that mentally I've got about 30 hours max per week of giving a shit about being there.

And it doesn't even take me that many hours to get everything done anyway. I spend at least a couple hours a day just fucking off, reading articles online, shopping, that kind of thing.

 

[mb23100]

Americans have so many layers of useless management that we have to spend half our day updating and reporting on shit they should already know if they were the least bit involved in anything.

Man this is so true

 

[JDragon]

Hmm maybe. Even though I like a 4/3, I usually use my PTO with 2-4 hours off instead of full days or weeks off. I feel like I can stay on top of my work easier if I’m there just a couple hours before having an afternoon off or something. The 4/3 would work because everyone would be doing it. If people aren’t all doing the 12s, it would make things a little chaotic for me. I already have trouble scheduling meetings with 3+ people in them.

Get yourself an assistant

 

[ElKarlo]

As a long time resident. Less is more. Japan is acting like it's still heavy industry and not service heavy. Dudes basically don't come home from work during the week. And they get nothing done. It's job jail