WORK: The future post-pandemic ...
We can no longer ignore the benefits of a four-day working week … LONDON - The pandemic has shown that the way we work can change – and quickly. It was unthinkable, two years ago, that the vast majority of people would now work from home. Yet here I am, in my bedroom on a Tuesday morning. In a relatively short period of time, our working culture has transformed. The exception has become the rule. It is worth bearing this in mind when considering the four-day week (this means fewer hours, rather than the same number of hours compressed into fewer days). It seems radical, but isn’t. We are adaptable creatures – within a matter of months, or even weeks, this new routine would feel quite normal. Productivity is the purpose of work. There are those who stay late at their desks to impress colleagues, of course, but they do this as a display of productivity (imagined or not). Time and productivity have become mistakenly synonymous, damaging our work/life balance. Ma...
