Wednesday, September 30, 2015

3 reasons to work a 6 hour work day

Filimundus, a Stockholm-based app developer, moved to a 6 hour work day last year.
The thinking behind the move is that because the working day has been condensed, staff will be more motivated and have more energy to get more done in a shorter period of time. Feldt reports that not only has productivity stayed the same, there are less staff conflicts because people are happier and better rested.
Not only that, but:
...we probably shouldn’t even be forced to clock on at 9am anyway, with expert Paul Kelley from Oxford University’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute saying that society is in the midst of a sleep-deprivation crisis, because our 9-5 working hours are at odds with our internal body clocks.
Also:
While impressions of staff being happier and full of energy aren’t exactly scientific basis for declaring 6-hour work days as 'better' than the 8.7-hour work day endured by the average American, we do have evidence that what we’re doing right now isn’t working.
Anyway, these are just three quotes from a great piece at Science Alert, Sweden is shifting to a 6-hour work day.

I highly recommend reading it and sharing what you think in the comments below,

JR

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