During the Industrial Revolution, factory workers logged 80-100 hours per week. But in 1926, Henry Ford popularized the 40-hour work week after he found that working more barely yielded an increase in productivity. It was a breakthrough in how we work. But it was also nearly one hundred years ago.
Just like how Henry Ford implemented the five-day work, today’s visionary companies have implemented four-day work weeks for better work-life balance and higher productivity.
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Companies With 4-Day Work Weeks
Here are all of the companies that have implemented a four-day work week (they’ve either publicly announced or told Buildremote directly).
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Company | Status | Work Week | Jobs | Country |
 Buffer | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Bolt | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 thredUP | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Atom Bank | Permanent | 34 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Microsoft Japan | Trial | 32 Hours | Japan | |
 Toshiba | Trial | 40 Hours | Japan | |
 Shopify | Seasonal | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Unilever New Zealand | Trial | 32 Hours | New Zealand | |
 Kickstarter | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Panasonic | Optional | 32 Hours | ||
 KPMG | Seasonal | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Canon (UK) | Trial | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Iloilo, Philippines (City) | Permanent | 40 Hours | Philippines | |
 D'Youville College | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Basecamp | Seasonal | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Wonderlic | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Piktochart | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 TAC Security | Permanent | 40 Hours | India | |
 Awin | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 YWCA Scotland | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Elephant Ventures | Permanent | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Procurify | Optional | 40 Hours | Canada | |
 Perpetual Guardian | Permanent | 32 Hours | New Zealand | |
 Morrisons | Permanent | 39 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Boulder County, CO (County) | Trial | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Volt Athletics | Permanent | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Nectafy | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 City Of Morgantown, WV (City) | Trial | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Software DELSOL | Permanent | 32 Hours | Spain | |
 Wildbit | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Administrate | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Search Engine Journal | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Swampscott (Town) | Trial | 38 Hours | ||
 NPCA | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Galt Pharmaceuticals | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Go2Mortgage | Permanent | 28 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Emtrain | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Brick Media | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 CX Pilots | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Raisely | Permanent | 30 Hours | Australia | |
 Prism | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 QuickMail | Permanent | 32 Hours | Switzerland | |
 Charlie Hustle | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Sprockets | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Corporate Ink | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Rogue Games | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Pearl Lemon Group | Optional | 35 Hours | ||
 Beyn Technology | Permanent | 32 Hours | Turkey | |
 KMPC Los Angeles | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Oriel Square | Permanent | 28 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Helping Hands | Trial | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Outseta | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 DigiLab | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Tractive | Permanent | 35 Hours | Germany | |
 Telefonica | Optional | 32 Hours | Spain | |
 International Coalition of Sites of Conscience | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Symbiote | Permanent | 32 Hours | Australia | |
 Pressbooks | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Silt | Permanent | 32 Hours | Spain | |
 Yac | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Seed&Spark | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Search Intelligence | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 ByteCheK | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Marketing Signals | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Whyfield | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Real | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Bloco | Permanent | 32 Hours | Portugal | |
 Tribera | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Halftone Digital | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Reward Agency | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Resilience Brokers | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 PTHR | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Highfield Professional Solutions | Trial | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Geeks For Social Change | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Charlton Morris | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Our Community | Trial | 32 Hours | Australia | |
 Bulkhead | Trial | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 GoLinks | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Hutch | Trial | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Slunks | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Blackbird Interactive | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 448 Studio | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 REM Web Solutions | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Justuno | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Signifyd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Chief Nation | Optional | 37 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Uplevel | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Starship | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee | Trial | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Swash Labs | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 IriusRisk | Permanent | 32 Hours | Spain | |
 The Financial Diet | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Coconut Software | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 thryve | Trial | 32 Hours | South Africa | |
 Eidos-Montreal | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Praytell | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 InDebted | Permanent | 32 Hours | Australia | |
 CIB Group | Permanent | Germany | ||
 G2i | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Technical.ly | Seasonal | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Arken.legal | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 The UPAC Group | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Team Custard Kraken | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 StreamGO | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 MeiliSearch | Permanent | 32 Hours | France | |
 Venture Stream | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Forward Space | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 DNS Filter | Permanent | 32 Hours | ||
 Webpower Adria | Permanent | 32 Hours | Croatia | |
 Reboot | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Healthwise | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Evolved | Trial | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 eFileCabinet | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Tulip | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Knowledge Futures Group | Trial | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Common Future | Seasonal | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Digible | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 GooseChase | Trial | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 MyCheckIns | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Ranksey Digital Marketing | Permanent | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Orocco | Permanent | 32 Hours | Scotland | |
 Luscii | Permanent | 32 Hours | Netherlands | |
 Xaso | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Groupe LDLC | Permanent | 32 Hours | France | |
 Common Knowledge | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Autonomy | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 GBL | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Feathr | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Escape the City | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Vault City Brewing | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Mizuho Financial Group | Optional | 32 Hours | Japan | |
 Unito | Optional | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 People & Transformational HR | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Grokability | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Bunny Studio | Permanent | 40 Hours | United States | |
 Minimal | Seasonal | 32 Hours | United States | |
 The Wanderlust Group | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Inventium | Permanent | 32 Hours | Australia | |
 Punch Creative | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Uncharted | Seasonal | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Primary | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Target Publishing | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 3D Issue | Permanent | 32 Hours | Ireland | |
 SEOMG! | Permanent | 30 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Barefoot Architects | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 STC Expeditions | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 JMK Solicitors | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Arrow | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 JAYU | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 STOP AIDS | Permanent | 28 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Bit.io | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Welcome to the Jungle | Permanent | 32 Hours | France | |
 MRL Consulting Group | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 ICE Group | Permanent | 36 Hours | Ireland | |
 Elektra Lighting | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Reflect Digital | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Brett Nicholls Associates | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Radioactive PR | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Gracefruit | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Blink | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Advice Direct Scotland | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 CMG Technologies | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Maaemo | Permanent | 45 Hours | Norway | |
 Monograph | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Think Productive | Permanent | 40 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Treehouse | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Usability Hub | Optional | 32 Hours | Australia | |
 Lime | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Mayday | Permanent | 32 Hours | Canada | |
 Vaxine | Permanent | 32 Hours | Croatia | |
 WorkFeed | Permanent | 32 Hours | Denmark | |
 improvMX | Permanent | 32 Hours | France | |
 d.MBA | Permanent | 32 Hours | Germany | |
 Tower | Permanent | 32 Hours | Germany | |
 Zync Digital | Permanent | 32 Hours | Iceland | |
 Firmsy | Permanent | 32 Hours | New Zealand | |
 Officely | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 The Curve Group | Permanent | 35 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Modo25 | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Type A Media | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Scoro | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Jexo | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Consanance | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Wilson Fletcher | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 T-Cup Studios | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Earthly | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Cobry | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Team Satchel | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 FundersClub | Optional | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Azavea | Optional | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Nexton | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Formedix | Permanent | 34 Hours | United States | |
 Kale & Flax | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Super | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 PDQ | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Blackthorn | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Shape | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Standard Notes | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Act Now Coalition | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Dockwa | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Qwick | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Gun Interactive | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Uplift | Optional | 32 Hours | United States | |
 Dassana | Permanent | 32 Hours | United States | |
 5 Squirrels Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 64 Million Artists | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 92 Minutes | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Accurise Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Acuity Solutions | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Advantage Business Partnerships | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Atlas Translations | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 BJP Consulting Group Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 BiBO | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Big Potato Games | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Butcher Bayley Architects | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Causeway Irish Housing Association | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 City to Sea | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Civo | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Coltech Global | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Cooked Illustrations | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Counting King Limited | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Crystallised | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 DataLase | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Digital Guerrilla Consultancy | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 ESG Gaming | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Earth Science Partnership | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Element Four | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Esteem Training | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 FLOCC | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Giant Digital | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Global Partners Digital | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Greenpost | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Gungho Marketing | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 HearFocus | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Hello Heat Pumps | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Hello Starling | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 LIT Communication | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 LUX - The Food & Drink Agency | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Legacy Events | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 MATS Consultancy | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 MRL | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 NEON (New Economy Organisers Network) | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 New Vision Digital Marketing | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Original Consultants Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Paul David Smith Photography | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Pollard Media Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Pool | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Portcullis Legals | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Principles Agency | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 PureFluent | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Quality of Life Foundation | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Roach Matthews Architects Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Scottish Community Safety Network | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Sidequest Ltd | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Sinister Fish Games | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Social Enterprise Direct | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Softer Success | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom | |
 Sounds Like These | Permanent | 32 Hours | United Kingdom |