What did the four-day work week pilot find?

07 February 2023

The 12-month trial of the four-day work week has concluded, and the big question for those who wish to follow suit is “what was concluded from the trial?”

There are two reports available; the full report and an abridged report. No-one will blame you for picking up the abridged version, but just in case you want the abridged-abridged version, here are some of the key findings:

27 companies filled out the final survey and 18 are definitely continuing beyond the end of the trial period
of the remaining nine, seven are planning to but hadn’t made a final decision, one was leaning towards continuing and one wasn’t sure
no companies stated that they wouldn’t be continuing or leaning towards not continuing
scored out of ten, the average rating for the trial by employers was 9.0
when asked about how company performance was affected the score was 7.6
when asked about productivity a score of 7.7 was averaged
96.9% of employees surveyed would like to continue the trial.

With positive impacts to employees’ work-life balance, this may quickly become a desirable trait in prospective employments. If this is the case, then when will this desirability become an expectation?

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