In 2022, 8 percent of full-time employees said they worked four days per week, up from 5 percent in 2020. The four-day workweek is catching on in Australia and Europe more so than in North America, but advocates say it has a lot of perks. A four-day workweek cuts down on burnout, which can be just as expensive for employers as it is unpleasant for workers, and the eight hours that get cut from the 40-hour workweek tend to end up being those least productive eight hours of the week, on balance, pushing people to drop some of the more senseless meetings.
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