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Japan considers a 4-day work week with the success of remote work...
The acceptance of remote working has led to actual consideration of a four-day work week in Japan.https://t.co/DdJ5UAbkwB
— The Japan News (@The_Japan_News) January 25, 2021
...but MPs in the UK claim £9.1 million in expenses despite working from home....
MPs claimed £9.1 million in expenses despite largely working from home during the first 2020 lockdown, compared to £8.2million in 2019. And yet, 3 million self employed have received no financial support from the government since the Covid crisis began.
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) January 24, 2021
https://t.co/zsqybrlbbK
...while WSJ reports that existing home sales hit the highest level in 14 years...
Sales of previously owned homes rose in 2020 to the highest level in 14 years, as low interest rates and remote work during the pandemic boosted demand https://t.co/v7E1NKz3jg
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 22, 2021
...and lastly, a survey reveals that people are willing to forgo a part of their income to work remotely.
Remote work is here to stay. Survey of 15,000 Americans:
— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) January 22, 2021
The future is hybrid: post-pandemic, 22% of work days will be from home (potential productivity gain: 2.4%)
Flexibility is a perk: people are willing to forgo 7.6% of their income for the opportunity to work from anywhere pic.twitter.com/9ksslTfgFU
What are the general feelings on 4-day work weeks here on RC? 🌡
I'm a big believer in results > time spent, meaning if you can deliver on agreed upon objectives within the allotted time period, then how you spend that time is not relevant to anyone else. However, I do think this is a mindset that's not necessarily inherent in many people which may cause friction in more traditional companies re: expectations, culture, resources, etc. The bigger issue here, in my opinion, at least for corporate/knowledge work, is, does this mean we need to reconsider how companies and people view compensation, incentives, and people's general relationships with their employers?
Having said that, in my limited experience (~3 years total in Japan), Japanese corporates and employees, as a major generalization, do have the work culture and ethic to make this work overall. Not as sure how applicable it can be, at least as it's described in the brief article, in Western countries though... 🤔
Justin
Remote Work Experience
Have been working as part of a remote team for the past two years on my latest venture Quidli since Day 1 with varying levels of successes and failures ;)
Hmm, I have to agree that in my experience of working in India and London, generally companies don't have the capability to adapt to such a shift. Having said that, I think it will take a few progressive companies to start the movement.
Personally, I do think a lot of our concepts of working are dated and one of them is the structure of our work week.
But even I don't have the mindset to work very effectively in such a new structure. I do think my mind creates an artificial urgency about things and having to wait for 3 days to get things moving might make me a bit restless.
Karthik Sridharan
Remote Work Experience
Yes, at Flexiple our tech team is remote. Further, we consistently work with freelancers from our network who are located across timezones. It is an interesting dynamic that poses challenges but also enforces discipline like nothing else I have experiened before.
Having a family, I do actively try to limit time spent working on the weekends. As such, trying to deal with a three-day weekend that's enforced like a three-day weekend, would definitely cause me some mental stress when thinking about my general to-do list 😅
Justin
Remote Work Experience
Have been working as part of a remote team for the past two years on my latest venture Quidli since Day 1 with varying levels of successes and failures ;)
haha, can totally imagine!
Karthik Sridharan
Remote Work Experience
Yes, at Flexiple our tech team is remote. Further, we consistently work with freelancers from our network who are located across timezones. It is an interesting dynamic that poses challenges but also enforces discipline like nothing else I have experiened before.