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200 UK Companies Permanently Move To 4-Day Work Week Without Loss Of Pay (www.ndtv.com)

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In a landmark move reinventing the working week in the United Kingdom, at least 200 British companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees without any loss of pay.

Together, these 200 companies employ over 5,000 people, and among these charities, marketing and technology firms are the best-represented, a report by The Guardian said quoting the 4 Day Week Foundation.

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The change was first adopted by around 30 marketing, advertising and press relations firms. The suit was followed by 29 charity, NGO, and social care industry-based organisations, and 24 technology, IT and software firms. Later, another 22 companies in the business, consulting and management sectors also joined the bandwagon and permanently offered four-day weeks to staff, according to The Guardian report.

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[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I can only imagine the influx of job applications they must be getting RN

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

That's why I keep screaming at people to quit their shit jobs. We can whine and cry about pay and hours and management forever; and it's just that, whining.

FFS, unemployment (in America) is basically at rock bottom and these people acting like it's 1932. Our labor is our power, make employers compete for it. "Quiet quitting" is for losers, we should be using our leverage.

News like this is a win-win. Employers get a larger labor pool to choose from and employees get better jobs. Rinse and repeat and the tide will lift all boats.

And don't forget kids! You are interviewing them every bit as much as they are interviewing you. You're not at an interview to kiss ass and be fake. You're there to see if the job is a mutual fit.