Scotland to trial 4-day working week

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With no consequential pay reduction.

I couldn’t find a thread on this. Apologies if I have missed one.

I’m not sure what to make of this. I already work a four-day week (so that my four year old isn’t in full time nursery) and it’s a nice balance. But sometimes a bit stressful because my workload is heavy so it’s one less day in which to get things done. However, soooo many people are so overworked and stressed and it would be good for mental health etc.

But I’m not entirely clear on how this will work in practice e.g small private businesses. Twitter views are very mixed. How will it benefit retail staff etc, will it only benefit the office workers…

Just wondering what the consensus is.

@Pumperthepumper

Sorry, quoted the wrong post *@letmethinkaboutitfornow* - just to confirm it’s all Scottish people you have an issue with? The entire nation of Scotland?

No! Some of them are quite nice. Actually, all the ones I know of! 🤔 but none of them wants independence! 🤔

@letmethinkaboutitfornow what about the welsh people who want welsh independence? Or Cornish people?

Will this be all occupations, including emergency services?

No, only those where the productivity is poor enough to be able to (theoretically) achieve the same amount in four days if managed properly.

Often the same people who are equally desperate to prove that wfh is absolutely definitely more productive than going to work and absolutely definitely doesn't make it harder to interact with colleagues.