Iceland embraced a shorter work week. Here’s how it turned out.
Iceland embraced a shorter work week. Here’s how it turned out.
Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to research released Friday.
It's not about productivity, it's about compliance. The modern corporate world is constructed to preserve power structures, not to be efficient.
I've also got a four day work week because my job is awesome, and I love it
Gotta say, as much as i will bitch about my job, my work week is only 4 days as well. Because of the way our schedule is laid out, I have about 1 week straight off each month. If I time my vacations right, that extends to 2 weeks. Next month, I'm spending a week in Canada, but I'll actually be off for half the month.
I always wonder what "no reduction in pay" means. Do they refer to monthly compensation or hourly rates?
You get paid for four days what you used to get paid for five.
Annual gross wages
Between 2020 and 2022, 51% of workers in the country had accepted the offer of shorter working hours, including a four-day week, two think tanks found, saying the figure is likely to be even higher today.
I feel like a Think Tank should be like a giant Bacta tank, that mentally links everyone inside.
Can I become a famous economist who goes on the news circuit if I just take the Laffer curve and change the axes to 'work hours in a week' and 'actual productivity'?