A recent experiment here in the UK involving 61 companies had the working week reduced from five to four days without a cut in pay for the staff.
The trial lasted for six months and had workers being paid a full week’s wage while having an extra day off in the middle of the week.
The findings were interesting.
The four-day working week was very beneficial for the employee’s health and happiness.
The extra day off allowed the staff to recover and recuperate alleviating stress.
What is interesting is that productivity levels didn’t drop with staff being able to get the same amount of work done in the four days that they would normally do in five.
Some staff reported being able to get more work done.
This is possibly due to the fact the staff knows that they have a specific amount of work that needs doing and that they only have four days to do it in… with a bonus day off as a reward.
That extra day off is a great motivator. It means more freedom in their lives.
Andi, our techy guy, once told me that when he previously worked in an engineering factory, the amount of standing around and talking that happened meant the boss was paying for five days work and only getting four at the most.
For many people, going to work is something they have to do and when their time is spent in a place where they’d rather not be, they tend to ‘spread’ their efforts over that full week, resulting in a lot of standing around and chatting with other workers.
Give them an extra day off with full pay and it seems that they still do the same amount of work as before.
What was also interesting is that nearly all 61 companies are considering carrying on with the four-day working week.
If the productivity levels are not dropping and workers are happy, then it could be a great idea.
It seems that the four-day working week was beneficial to the companies too.
However…
Not all types of work can offer a four-day working week without either having to take on more workers to plug the gap or close down services, which is not ideal for essential services such as ambulances, police and hospitals.
If a person earns £400 for a 40 hour week but then drops down to a 32 hour week on the same pay, the hourly rate has jumped from £10 an hour to £11.42 which means that any extra staff needed to replace those now enjoying an extra day off also need to be paid the new higher wage.
It’s only fair that they are paid the same hourly rate, but as we have seen with the recent cost-of-living-crisis, many small businesses have had to close, so any that are surviving by the skin of their teeth are unlikely to be able to afford the increase wage and staffing costs.
The main take away from this is that people need a better work-life balance and it seems working five days a week leaving just two days for people to enjoy for most of their adult lives is not good.
It isn’t good for their mental and physical health.
Basically, what this means is that people need more free time and more money.
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A four-day working week on the same pay means that a person has either been given an extra paid holiday each week or they are now only working four days at a higher hourly rate.
Either or… it is better for them.
Again, this reinforces the idea that people need to have either a second income or their own business which brings in a larger passive income.
People need a way to make more money that will allow them to have more time off and live comfortably.
It takes away stress and makes them a happier person.
Again, the truth is… if you want more time and money, you need to make it happen. You cannot and should not rely on an employer to deliver as they probably cannot.
That is not necessarily through any fault of their own, it doesn’t mean that employers are awful people bleeding their staff dry… there are many other factors to consider such as the cost of gas and electricity holding many businesses to ransom.
The amount of time and money you are able to enjoy is ultimately down to you.
It is for that reason that I find and share with you ways and methods to make money from home which are relatively easy to do and do not require you to spend a lot of time or money setting them up.
One such method of making money is the new Bullseye System by Jeff Richards which is one of the most ingenious and simplest ways to make money I have ever seen.
Jeff turned his family’s smartphones into mini cash dispensers earning him £50+ a day per phone.
By simply downloading a couple of specific apps and then allowing them to run in the background, Jeff was able to make £50+ per day per phone.
He was able to generate £18,000 per year per phone… or £73,000 in total!
Jeff opens up the apps, and leaves them to run in the background while he goes and does other things.
The app owners pay him for every minute he uses the apps… which he doesn’t really use them as he is away doing something else.
It is probably the most ‘hands off’ and simplest money making method I have seen in many years.
If you would like to discover for yourself how you can make £50+ per day with your smartphone while it sits on a table doing nothing else, click the link below:
The Bullseye System
Kind regards
John Harrison
PS… If you’re looking for a way for you and your family to make some extra cash from home (and the way the economy is going, that’s probably just about everyone!) I think you should definitely take a look at this.
Here’s why:
- No investment needed. That’s right, with most things you need to spend money to make money. Not so with this. If you already have a smartphone, you don’t need to invest in anything else to start making money.
- No selling to do. Most people hate selling, I know I do. With this, there’s no selling to do at all.
- No hard work to do – in fact no work at all! And because of that, this doesn’t eat into the time you’re spending on other things.
- Run in the background and forget. That’s right, once this is set up, there’s nothing to do other than monitor how much money you’re making.
- No experience or skills needed. If you can switch on a smartphone and download an app from the app store, you’re in business.
- You can set this up in seconds. Nothing complicated to learn, nothing long-winded to do. It’s laughably simple.
- Run this from anywhere. It doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing, you can be making money with this.
Here’s that link again: