I’m joined today by Dr. Dale Whelehan who is the CEO at 4 Day Week Global. Dale is also a lecturer at the Graduate business school of University College Dublin and the founder of BehaviorDoc. Early in his career, Dale completed a PhD in behavior science focusing on the impact of sleep deprivation and fatigue on surgeons. 4 Day Week Global is a non-profit that…
This post was written in May of 2022. It was updated in February of 2023 to highlight this year’s companies with the best work-life balance. It was updated again in September of 2023 for formatting and information (the 2023 winners were not changed). A list of companies with the best work-life balance usually comes out biased. Best is subjective, after all. I didn’t want to…
What is a 30-hour work week? A 30-hour work week typically comes in one of two forms: 1) 6 hours of work per day for five days, or 2) 7.5 hours per day for four work days (also known as a four-day work week). Table of contents: How many hours do you work per day? What are the benefits of the 30-hour work week? Where…
Does Scotland have a 4-day work week? No. Scotland does not have a four-day work week. In September of 2023, the Scottish government committed to a trial of the four-day work week by the end of the calendar year. Why are people talking about a 4-day work week in Scotland? Scotland’s 2023 Trial Promise On September 5, 2023, Humza Yousaf, First Minister of Scotland, outlined…
You’ll need a reason — okay, call it a bulletproof excuse to get out of work. Unfortunately, “I don’t want to work today” doesn’t usually go over too well with managers. We turned to our list of contributors to learn about their tried-and-true best excuses for missing work. After sifting through many responses, we organized 22 into the categories below. Click on the links below…
We’ve determined the 20 best employee benefits to offer in 2023 based on primary and secondary research. These are the most desirable, in-demand benefits for workers based on studies from HBR and SHRM combined with our own research of 3,920 companies (and the benefits they offer). Learn more about the studies that have uncovered the best benefits for employees, then see the list of the…
The table of contents below enumerates the topics covered in the guide to unlimited PTO; you can use the links in the table to skip to specific sections. Table Of Contents What Is Unlimited PTO & How Does Unlimited PTO Work? Unlimited PTO Policy Examples & Templates Unlimited PTO Pros & Cons: The Full Analysis Alternative PTO Programs 97 Companies With Unlimited PTO Unlimited…
In recent years, many companies have adopted unlimited PTO policies to compete for talent and appeal to prospective employees seeking a better work/life balance. But what exactly is unlimited PTO, and how does unlimited PTO really work? Unlimited PTO sounds great, but there are some major drawbacks—significant enough that at the remote company I managed for six years, we ultimately rejected adoption of the unlimited…
Many companies have adopted unlimited PTO (paid time off) policies in recent years and the trend is growing, as more organizations consider switching to an unlimited PTO policy to attract talent. But as I noted in the previous chapter, there are some drawbacks to unlimited PTO policies which are not obvious at first glance. One issue that I touched on is the need to carefully…
Amid all the chatter about unlimited PTO as the hot new trend in leave policy, something that often goes unmentioned are its drawbacks. While greater flexibility in the work schedule is undoubtedly a boon for employees, unlimited PTO has pros and cons. To its credit, as an idea alone, unlimited PTO has broken through the logjam of fossilized thinking about how work has to be—and…