Boston College researchers studied dozens of organizations around the world that trimmed their workweeks to four days (with no pay cut) and found remarkable results:

  • Productivity held steady or improved
  • Employees felt less stress and burnout
  • Companies saw lower turnover and better recruiting

The secret? Less time wasted on low-value tasks (like endless meetings), more focus, and a third day to live life (run errands, rest, create, breathe).

Turns out, when you trust people and redesign work intentionally, they don’t do less. They do better.

The five-day grind isn’t sacred. It’s just tradition.

Personally, I think companies would be far better off investing their energy into thoughtfully implementing a four-day week than clinging to rigid return-to-office mandates.