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- 🇸🇬 Yahoo Finance Singapore
Sam Altman says AI won't bring a 4-day work week because humans are 'secretly happy' staying busy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argues that AI will not drive a 4-day work week, contending that humans are 'secretly happy' staying busy. The statement contradicts optimistic narratives about redistributing productivity gains through reduced working hours.
- 🇫🇷 Sud Ouest
Les entreprises qui passent à la semaine de quatre jours sont-elles plus productives ? Une étude menée sur 15 entreprises apporte des réponses
A study tracking 15 companies that switched to a four-day week provides concrete evidence on productivity outcomes. The findings offer HR leaders and executives actionable insights beyond theoretical arguments about this working model.
- 🇺🇸 In These Times
A 4-Day Work Week Sounds Great. How Do We Get One?
The four-day work week continues to gain momentum in workplace discussions, yet its implementation faces significant structural hurdles. This piece explores the practical barriers and mechanisms that could help translate growing demand into tangible policy change.
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Consulting / Training
Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
Since 2025-01-01
100% (100Percent)
Consumer Goods
San Diego (Californie), États-Unis
Since 2024-10-01
360imprimir
E-commerce / Tech
Lisbonne, Portugal
Since 2022-10-01
4 Day Week Global
Royaume-Uni
Since 2022-06-01
4C Health
Non-profit
Rochester (Indiana), États-Unis
Since 2022-09-01
AFAS Software
Tech / SaaS
Kontich, Belgique
Since 2025-07-01
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The four-day week, tested by the numbers
61 companies, around 2,900 employees, June-December 2022 — the largest pilot trial in the world to date.
- 92 % Companies that kept the four-day week
- +35 % Average revenue (vs comparable period)
- -57 % Staff attrition
- -71 % Employee burnout
70 %
of working people in France are in favor of a 32-hour week paid as 35.
Source: Ifop pour Politis, mars 2024Testimonials
“J'ai gagné de l'argent avec cette mesure alors que je pensais en dépenser !”Translation: “I made money on this move when I expected it to cost me!”
“Nos arrêts maladie ont été divisés par deux. Et bien sûr nos coûts sont aussi plus bas, car nous n'avons plus besoin d'autant d'espace et nos factures d'électricité ont diminué.”Translation: “Our sick leave has been halved. And of course our costs are lower too, because we no longer need as much space and our electricity bills have gone down.”
Andrew Barnes
Founder, Perpetual Guardian
The Better News, 28/11/2022quote as rendered in French by the source
“On savait qu'on allait vivre une zone de tâtonnements et ça a été le cas !”Translation: “We knew there would be a period of trial and error — and there was!”