4 day week at The Mix: Everything you need to know
Four Day Week caught up with Tash Walker, founder of The Mix, a 6-year old research agency successfully adopting a flexible working schedule with impressive results.
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Category: flexiwork
Interview with Skills4Women: Flexibility is key
As part of our guest blog series, Four Day Week has had the opportunity to discuss flexi-work with Shirley from Skills4Women, an organisation that delivers employability workshops for women in the UK.
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The bank holiday effect and the 4 day work week
The notion of working less always seems like a progressive idea. We like that kind of progress. To work less and play more without running out of cash is the holy grail for lifestyle gurus all over the planet, although something considered the lifestyle reserved for the super-wealthy. We seem to get a bit stuck in this idea that the only determinant of your freedom is the size of you bank balance and that the rest of “normal” society has to slog away for two days off, of which four collective hours are spent in Tesco and 6 hours are already destroyed thinking about the coming Monday.
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The benefits of flexible working for employers
Employers want the best employees and the best employees want to be happy in their work. Evidence shows that introducing flexi work schedules not only achieves this through improving productivity and cutting costs but gives employers the chance to create truly dynamic and progressive working environments. Whilst it may seem like it would only be a preference for employees, flexi work is now being incorporated into the growth and success plans of global companies and start-ups alike. The benefits to both employer and employee make transitioning from the fixed-hour, fixed week, fixed location working a no-brainer.
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Benefits of flexible work for employees
The concept of flexiwork challenges what most people consider to be “normal” working hours that make up a typical working week. In place of the traditional format of working for 5 days and 8 hours per day in a fixed location, flexiworkers are given the freedom to condense their working week, work remotely from their employer or a combination of both. It’s an increasingly popular choice for employees and also companies looking to provide their workers with a better work-life balance.
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