Hi to the Camphire Community!
How to use this forum post:
I selected General as the primary tag because this affects workers across all industries. For the secondary tag, I chose Career Chameleon because this is about our generation adapting to a fundamentally broken system and being blamed for it. Also Clockout Cartel & Benefit Decoder are a good fit, because it is about us having more time & freedom.
So back to the topic. An interesting study was suggested to me through my AI. I'd love to share it with you!
And guess what - most of us want the same 3 things: GenZ wants money, meaning, and wellbeing.
Here is the link to the study: [https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/campaigns/2025/2025-genz-millennial-survey.pdf] - it includes more than 23,000 GenZ and millennial respondents across 44 countries.
Somehow this got me thinking about something else: The 4-Day Work Week.
Oh, I said it! Many people will get upset with it, but I think it is time that we talk about it openly. I'm writing this because I don't agree with the narrative that GenZ workers are "entitled" or "lazy" for having workplace expectations that make older generations upset. Data is actually showing that it's not a GenZ fantasy anymore: Trials in the UK (1) and Iceland (2) show higher productivity, less burnout, better retention. Also Microsoft Japan (3) tried it! Successfully!
I am very curious - what are you opinions on this? Have you worked somewhere that tried a 4-day week?
Would you trade 20% (or less - or more?) of your salary for it?
Sources:
(1) [https://autonomy.work/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-results-are-in-The-UKs-four-day-week-pilot.pdf]
(2) [https://en.alda.is/2021/07/04/going-public-icelands-journey-to-a-shorter-working-week/]
(3) [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50287391 & https://news.microsoft.com/ja-jp/2019/10/31/191031-published-the-results-of-measuring-the-effectiveness-of-our-work-life-choice-challenge-summer-2019/]
