For an 8-hour working day, we manage to get pretty tired. That is why many Swedish companies are moving to a 6-hour working day, believing that such an amount of time contributes to increased work efficiency. Estet-portal.com will tell you what prompted the Swedish leaders to make such changes and how they affected the work of employees of companies that switched to a 6-hour working day.
Yes, Linus Feldt – CEO of app developer Filimundus – argued for a shorter working day. He believes that it is very difficult to maintain productivity for a full eight hours, workers need constant breaks to recuperate. The second reason for the introduction of the 6-hour working day is that everyone wants to spend more time at home with loved ones or go about their own business. Thus, an 8-hour working day is not optimal in terms of labor efficiency.
In order to improve work efficiency, employees were asked not to use social networks in the workplace, and the number of meetings and other distractions was reduced.
Three years ago, IT company Brath implemented a 6-hour work day and is quite happy with the result. According to the executive, people like this innovation, and they do not want to leave the company and return to the 8-hour working day again. A shorter working day makes workers feel happier as they have more time for family and recreation. Many people envy the employees of such companies.
The same experiment was carried out in one of the nursing homes, where nurses became less tired, resulting in increased efficiency and improved patient care. After hearing about the positive results of the 6-hour day experiments, more and more Swedish companies and institutions (both private and public) are deciding to shorten the working day.
Why don't all companies agree to give up the 8-hour day? They believe that the employee gives all the best for all 8 working hours, and pay him the same money for only 6 hours of work – throw money away. However, as every worker knows, this is not at all the case. The increase in work efficiency is due not only to less fatigue of employees, but also to a reduction in the number of conflicts, since rested colleagues are in a good mood and do not want to quarrel.
Another good way to improve work efficiency was proposed by the Belgian design studio Central, which gave its employees a third day off, which employees dispose of at their discretion. This innovation really made it possible to increase the efficiency of work and the speed of completing tasks, because a rested and happy employee – productive employee!
The editors of estet-portal.com sincerely hope that domestic companies will draw the right conclusions in favor of reducing the 8-hour day and start taking care of their employees properly, giving them more time to relax and communicate with their families.
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