{"id":10281,"date":"2022-09-05T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=10281"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:07:11","slug":"happys-4-day-week-how-is-our-progress-a-3-month-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/happys-4-day-week-how-is-our-progress-a-3-month-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy\u2019s 4 Day Week: How is Our Progress? (A 3 Month Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The six-month pilot of 70 organisations (including Happy) involved in the four-day working week has now been going for three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been some negative reporting in\u00a0The Daily Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/a>. I can\u2019t imagine why those papers would seek to pour scorn on something that would improve people\u2019s working conditions. The Telegraph did contact me, and it was clear that the only thing they were interested in was any problems with the four-day week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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44% productivity improvement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

And\u00a0here on LinkedIn<\/a>, Clare Daniels explains how the articles distorted what she said, and that in fact, they have performed 44% better with people working 20% less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To their credit, though, The Telegraph has written a further article on\u00a0Atom Bank<\/a>\u00a0who report a fourfold increase in job applications and days lost to sickness dropping from 230 to 72. \u201cWe firmly believe the four-day week is the future of working life,\u201d said Anne-Marie Lister, the bank’s chief people officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Times also has this report on Adam Bank<\/a>, with 92% of staff saying they are more efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been a far more considered view in\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>, keeping track of people over their first four weeks. \u201cNow I feel renewed,\u201d explains Digger Mosey. \u201cI can\u2019t waste time in the week anymore and I feel much more motivated. I honestly can\u2019t think of any downsides, since everyone is getting their work done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Arab Emirates has now adopted a standard 4.5 day week, and the town of\u00a0Sharjah has gone for four days<\/a>, which has resulted in a significant drop in the emission of gases from cars and a 40% reduction in traffic accidents!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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100-80-100<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The key concept is 100-80-100. That means you get 100% of your salary for working 80% of the time, as long as you keep to 100% productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how is it going at Happy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarkably well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n