Companies Switch to ‘4 Days a Week’ Working System

The business world has started to work on the transition to a system that has been discussed for a long time recently. One of these studies was launched in the United Kingdom in the past months. More than 70 companies within the scope of 6 months of work, 4 days a week working system would test it. While the first 3 months of this work are behind, some important decisions have already begun to be taken.

According to the information conveyed by the BBC, the new system has already begun to settle in the minds of many companies. Of the 73 companies that participated in the study, 41 participated in a survey just in the middle of the study. 86% of companies use this system even though they are still in the middle of the study. that they will continue after the work ends explained.

Employees continue to receive the same wages, while productivity is maintained at the same rate:

In the new four-day system, employees did not have any cuts in their salaries. Moreover, 95% of the companies surveyed productivity at work remains the same reported. In other words, the fact that employees worked 4 days instead of 5 did not affect the productivity of the workplace in any way.

Moreover, the new system also saves money:

According to the details transferred from the study, employees work one day less per week, of employees savings of approximately £296.36 per month makes them do it. This saving rate is especially observed in families with children.

Of course, the employees are happy too:

Nicci Russell, General Manager of Waterwise, one of the companies participating in this study, emphasized that the transition to the new system was not easy at first. Reminding that no big change is easy, however, Russell said that being away from the office for one more day is loved by everyone, employees are much more refreshed to the office came a way expressed.

So what is the situation in Turkey? In fact, a similar result was seen in our country:

Turkish Waste Prevention Foundationbecame one of the first examples in this regard with its 4 days a week working model implemented on February 1, 2020. The foundation also explained the results they observed in this system and there is no loss in efficiency, the staff is happy and in the same way that they can save money had stated.

So much so that in the details shared in March 2020, the Foundation announced that the workplace also made savings. Accordingly, the workplace even saw a 10% reduction in billsIt was emphasized that more than 115 thousand TL could be saved per year from bills alone. If the total annual savings are 292 thousand 800 TL was disclosed. Moreover, these numbers were valid for 2020. When we compare it to today, it is possible to say that nearly 2 times more savings can be made.