Media
We know the 4-day workweek is a novel concept. That’s why we constantly engage with the press to ensure that the public knows about its benefits and is inspired to advocate for it in their communities and workplaces. In just a few years, our advocacy has helped move the 4DW from a fringe idea to the center of the conversation about the future of work.
In the News
Our work has helped garner press coverage and interviews with virtually every major media organization, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic, CNBC, BBC, and NBC Nightly News. Below is a non-exhaustive list of news articles that our Advisory Board Members and partner organizations have been featured in.
CNBC: Workers who tested 4-day workweek say they’ll never return to 5 days—or only with a huge pay bump
“A lot of it comes down to overcoming the “theater of work,” Leland adds. “As work takes up more and more of our time, people are spending time at work resting or slacking off,” like by surfing the internet or checking social media. “A lot of that behavior is people being burned out and trying ways to recuperate while they’re working. We’d rather give people time to rest at home and come back properly focused and efficient during a shorter workweek.”
New York Times: 4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say
“Most of the companies participating in a four-day workweek pilot program in Britain said they had seen no loss of productivity during the experiment, and in some cases had seen a significant improvement, according to a survey of participants published on Wednesday.”
The Atlantic: Kill The Five-Day Workweek
“When Leland and Steinman’s four-day-workweek campaign surveyed about 1,000 American workers this spring, the responses were overwhelmingly positive: Only 4 percent of those polled felt negatively about a national push to move to a shorter week. The top argument against it was not about practicality—only one-fifth of all respondents said they wouldn’t be able to finish their work in that time. Instead, the most common concern was that a four-day week “won’t help some kinds of workers”