In the midst of the debate on the reduction of working hours and its effects, a study carried out by the data consultancy Generation Lab y CNBChas asked Generation Z if they would prefer to telework or return to the in-person model with reduced-day models or four-day work weeks. The response has been unanimous: 81% of the 1,033 young people in the US between 18 and 25 years old surveyed believe that going to the office and reducing work days would improve productivity.
They were educated remotely, they are starting to get to know the office. The oldest members of Generation Z have completed their academic training remotely, and are now beginning to enter the workforce. So they have a different perspective of work with respect to work dynamics.
The survey data Generation Lab reveal that only 8% of young people in the US who enter the labor market have teleworking options. So they look for ways to balance their professional career with their personal well-being. 67% of these young people join in person.
Balance between productivity and well-being. 60% of these young people believe that their productivity and learning improves working from offices, while 40% say they prefer to work from home.
In this context of seeking a balance between improving their skills and their mental well-being, 81% of the young people surveyed in the study consider that working four days a week would increase their productivity and quality of life. Only 19% believe that going to the office five days a week improves their productivity.
It’s not about working more, but about working better.. The data collected in the different pilot programs on the four-day work week, including the one in Valencia, agree with the young people who participated in that survey.
According to this data, participating companies experienced improvements in their productivity as processes and ways of working were optimized, while employees registered lower levels of stress, their well-being improved and they were more committed and motivated to the company.
Some companies in Spain already work four days. In parallel with the official experiments that have been carried out in countries around the world, some companies have decided to apply the four-day week on their own and the results have been as expected by the 81% of young people surveyed.
At WorldOfSoftware, we already told you about the success story of Hack A Boss in A Coruña, and our colleagues at Genbeta also echoed other Spanish companies that had successfully implemented the four-day week with results similar to those they have revealed. the four-day workweek experiments that have been carried out around the world.
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