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Linked – Employees Use 4-Day Work Week to Catch up on Sleep: Study

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This is interesting:

Sleep deprivation drastically fell for those in the study who changed to a four-day week. The percentage of those who had been getting less than seven hours of sleep a night decreased from 42.6% to 14.5%.

We know that people who are sleep deprived are cognitively impaired, make more mistakes, and just generally run the risk of some pretty serious health implications. Could a 4-day work week get you more “quality” hours of work from someone who isn’t sleep-deprived than you’re currently getting in the 5-day week?

It’s something to think about.

https://www.businessinsider.com/employees-use-four-day-work-week-catch-up-sleep-study-2022-10

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