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Kevin O'Leary gestures while testifying before Congress
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Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary blasts the 4-day week as the ‘stupidest idea’ because the digital economy means we’re always working
By Preston ForeJune 6, 2025
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Leadership
Bank CEO running 4-day workweek says cutting working hours isn’t ‘progressive’, and AI will make it ‘bloody logical’
By Ryan HoggJune 3, 2025
Bill Gates wears a suite and glasses, holding his hands together
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Bill Gates says a 2-day work week is coming in just 10 years, thanks to AI replacing humans ‘for most things’
By Preston ForeMarch 27, 2025
Young businessman in suit
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Japanese companies are stealing talented Gen Z out of college, paying off their student debt, and subsidizing their housing to combat the country’s aging workforce
By Emma BurleighJanuary 7, 2025
Workers on their daily commute in Tokyo.
Newsletters
Tokyo’s making a huge bet on the 4-day workweek and it’s about more than just flexible scheduling
By Azure Gilman and Emma BurleighDecember 10, 2024
people walking on a bridge in london
Success
A tech company saw blockbuster results from U.K.’s first medical trial of a 4-day workweek. Yet, it’s ditching the model for one key reason
By Prarthana PrakashDecember 6, 2024
Workout, stretching and a group of business people in the office to exercise for health or mobility together. Fitness, wellness and coach training an employee team in the workplace for a warm up
Success
Hundreds of German workers on a 4-day workweek trial got better sleep, more exercise, and felt less stress than their 5-day peers
By Ryan HoggNovember 5, 2024
Overworked Businesswoman
Success
Jump Trading is offering 4-day-a-week tech jobs with $175K salaries, but they come with a catch
By Jane ThierOctober 24, 2024
Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla says AI will handle 80% of work in 80% of jobs
Success
Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla says AI will handle 80% of work in 80% of jobs
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 24, 2024
A woman and a man looking at desktop computer monitor together
Success
U.K. workers could legally demand a compressed 4-day week—but critics label plans ‘French-style union laws’
By Ryan HoggAugust 31, 2024
A new four-day work week trial that lasted over a year significantly reduced turnover and improved workers’ mental and physical health
Finance
A new four-day work week trial that lasted over a year significantly reduced turnover and improved workers’ mental and physical health
By Chris MorrisJuly 9, 2024
FILE: An Asda logo sits on an employee's jacket as he works near a display of tinned food inside an Asda supermarket, the U.K. retail arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Watford, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. U.K. grocer J Sainsbury Plc plans to buy Walmart Inc.s Asda in a 7.3 billion-pound ($10 billion) deal that would transform the countrys supermarket industry and leave the U.S. retailer as the combined companys biggest shareholder. Our editors select the best archive images of the two supermarket chains.
Success
Asda is scrapping its ‘physically exhausting’ 4-day workweek, revealing a critical factor in why it can fail
By Ryan HoggJuly 8, 2024
Slack CEO Denise Dresser speaks during the third annual Axios What's Next Summit at the Planet Word Museum on March 19, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Tech
Slack’s AI is saving users 97 minutes a week. But its CEO worries they won’t know what to do with their extra time
By Ryan HoggJune 28, 2024
Mark Mullen, chief executive officer of Atom Bank Plc, at IFGS 2022 summit at the Guildhall in London, U.K., on Monday, April 4, 2022.
Finance
Boss of U.K. bank that just turned its first profit says introducing a 4-day week for his 547 workers was way easier than going hybrid
By Ryan HoggJune 18, 2024
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