Scientists Gave 3,000 Remote Workers A 4-Day Workweek, Here’s What Actually Happened

Turns out everything we know about productivity is wrong.

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We’ve all heard the story:

Working less means earning less.

• Work 60 hours to get ahead.
• Hustle harder than everyone else.
• Sleep is for the lazy.

But is this even true?

That’s exactly what a group of scientists wanted to figure out.

So they gave and monitored exactly what happened to productivity, revenue, and employee wellbeing.

The results are truly surprising.

The world’s largest workplace experiment

In the backdrop of post-pandemic workplace chaos, something remarkable was taking shape across the UK.

The 4-Day Week Global trial, a collaboration between researchers at Cambridge University, Boston College, and University College Dublin, was all set to challenge some deeply held beliefs about work and productivity.

Here’s how it unfolded: