Episode 15: The 4-Day Workweek

This week on the RAZOR podcast Emma Keeling dives deep into one of our most popular stories over the past year. One New Zealand boss had changed to a four-day working week even before the virus spread, and he said going back to our old ways after the pandemic would be a wasted opportunity. Businessman Andrew Barnes tells us how moving to a four-day working week has helped his business become more productive [01:50]. Andrew tells us how he came up with the idea to move to his company to a four-day workweek and why he believes the way we currently organize our work-lives needs to change forever [06:01].  

We spoke to Andrew in episode 12 of the RAZOR podcast. Keeling also spoke to Andrew’s partner Charlotte Lockhart, who helped set up 4 Day Week Global, a website providing guidance to companies that would like to move to the shorter working week. Lockhart explains why we can’t wait for governments to make these changes and why businesses have to take the lead in helping to facilitate a better work-life balance for their employees [09:49].