Stigma: Much like the phrase "remote work" had 5 years ago, there is a stigma around the 4 day work week e.g. for many, it's a synonym for "laziness"
Fear: if a company switches to a 4 day week, most believe the customer output will suffer. This has been shown not to be the case however [1, 2, 3]
Culture: Although it's improving, I believe there is still a culture of "work-hard / play hard" in many companies (especially those which are VC backed) - a 4 day work week is the antithesis of this
p.s. I run https://4dayweek.io - I've now sourced around 50 Tech companies which have a 4 day work week and it's increasing every week. I believe it will become major movement
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I think it's for a few reasons:
Stigma: Much like the phrase "remote work" had 5 years ago, there is a stigma around the 4 day work week e.g. for many, it's a synonym for "laziness"
Fear: if a company switches to a 4 day week, most believe the customer output will suffer. This has been shown not to be the case however [1, 2, 3]
Culture: Although it's improving, I believe there is still a culture of "work-hard / play hard" in many companies (especially those which are VC backed) - a 4 day work week is the antithesis of this
[1] https://www.4dayweek.com/case-studies-more/mrl-consulting
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/04/microsoft...
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/feb/19/four-day-week-...
p.s. I run https://4dayweek.io - I've now sourced around 50 Tech companies which have a 4 day work week and it's increasing every week. I believe it will become major movement
which is weird because most people doing 4 days are taking a pay cut to do it - and thus, earning the exact same per hour as before!
Those who say 4 days is lazy somehow don't also say that not working weekends (without pay) is not lazy...