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22 Countries With 4-Day Work Weeks (Trial, Proposal, Law)

This post was originally written on January 3, 2022. Every time a notable four-day work week country announcement comes out, we update the post. Most recently, this post was updated on March 14, 2024. Here are all of the countries with four-day weeks in some form. They’ve either 1) implemented a four-day work week law, 2) proposed a new bill, or 3) are trialing it…

The 12-Hour Shift Schedule: 5 Free Templates

Below, you’ll find the five most popular 12-hour shift schedules. Each 12-hour schedule template gives you 24 hours per day and seven days of coverage each week. You can download and customize the 12-hour shift schedule templates in Excel, Sheets, or Canva. Use the links below to jump to one of the 12-hour shift schedules for seven days per week: The Dupont Schedule Template (Rotating…

The 10-Hour Shift Schedule: 4 Free Excel Templates

There are three popular 10-hour shift schedules used today: the “4-3 shift schedule,” the “4-2, 4-3, 4-3 schedule,” and the “4/10 work schedule.” Then, we have the 50-hour work week (five 10-hour work days) that entrepreneurs or company leaders might use to drive growth. That’s it. Those are your four options for a structured 10-hour work day schedule. Use the links below to jump to the…

15 Hybrid Work Schedules In Use Now [2024]

What is a hybrid work schedule? A policy that states when remote work happens and when office work happens for which employees on which days. As we’ve been tracking every company switching to a hybrid work model, we’ve found 22 unique names for hybrid work schedules. Companies are making it up on the fly (and making up new names for their hybrid schedules as they…

How Many Working Weeks Are In A Year?

How many work weeks are in a year? There are 52 work weeks per year. Said differently, most companies are open every week of the year. However, the answer can change depending on a few factors: If you exclude US federal holidays, there are 50 work weeks per year If you exclude an average amount of time off for employees, it is 49-50 work weeks…

9 Best Desks Under $100 In 2024 (Don’t Buy These 2)

You’re looking for a functional, reliable desk under $100 – you don’t want one that will break, shake, or become an instant mistake. And the last thing you need is to do eight hours of research for a desk under $100. I’ve worked from home for a decade and I’m on home office desk number five. I finally have a standup desk I’m happy with,…

How Many Weekends (& Weekend Days) Are In A Year?

You’re here to know how many weekends (and weekend days) occur in a year. On average, one can count on 52 weekends and 104 weekend days in a given year. However, this can be affected by leap years and which day of the week January 1 falls on. Accurate counting of work days and weekend days is essential for various operational purposes in your business,…

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32 Programs To Strengthen Remote Work Culture

You’ve see PLENTY of advice about how to build a remote company culture. But most of the articles I see offer intangible and esoteric advice, like “embrace transparency.” For me personally, I can’t do anything with that. It’s too hard to read those and then implement something that we can actually do each day, week, or month to improve the culture. Here’s my idea: 🛑 …

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Every Company Leaving California: 2020-2024

Arguably since the first agricultural revolution 10,000+ years ago, work has been tied to a fixed location. That location-based work – first a farm, then a manufacturing plant, then an office – created opportunity. Opportunity attracted workers (or new citizens). Therefore, we always formed cities, countries, and societies primarily through location-based opportunity. Go where the work is, as they say. For the first time in…