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cover of episode Bonus: Should your team move to a four-day workweek?

Bonus: Should your team move to a four-day workweek?

2023/2/21
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Work Check

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Do you dream of a four-day workweek? Fantasize on Friday afternoons about the luxury of a three-day weekend? Today’s debate digs into the potentials and pitfalls of the schedule that’s been generating buzz around the world, and asks - is the grass really greener? 

Debater Kelvin Yap argues in favor of the four-day workweek, supported by Kath Blackham), the CEO of VERSA, a Melbourne-based AI agency that’s been taking Wednesdays off) since 2018. In opposition, we have Marshall Walker Lee, supported by Abigail Marks), a professor of the Future of Work at Newcastle University, who shares the dangers) of recklessly jumping on the four-day week bandwagon.