# Four-Day Work Week Pilot Launches in UK

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/four-day-work-week-pilot-launches-in-uk/5030>\
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**Created:** [January 19, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/four-day-work-week-pilot-launches-in-uk/5030 "2022-01-19T09:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![marynakhapitska](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/marynakhapitska/32/1763_2.png) [@marynakhapitska](https://community.emma-app.com/u/marynakhapitska)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/four-day-work-week-pilot-launches-in-uk/5030/1 "2022-01-19T09:56:14Z")

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More than 30 companies will take part in a trial of a four-day working week to “herald in a bold new way of working in 2022”. 🔽

> **[Four-day working week trial launches in the UK | ITV News](https://www.itv.com/news/2022-01-18/four-day-working-week-trial-launches-in-the-uk)**
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> The six-month trial will aim to prove whether employees are more productive with longer weekends. | ITV National News

How do you feel about a four-day workweek? 🤔

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**Author:** ![marynakhapitska](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/marynakhapitska/32/1763_2.png) [@marynakhapitska](https://community.emma-app.com/u/marynakhapitska)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/four-day-work-week-pilot-launches-in-uk/5030/5 "2022-01-20T16:34:14Z")

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I wonder what the results will be after six months of testing. 🙂

A close friend of mine, after several years of working for the same company, agreed on a four-day workweek because his company was not willing to increase his salary to the level he wanted. However, he was satisfied with working only four days.

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**Author:** ![marynakhapitska](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/marynakhapitska/32/1763_2.png) [@marynakhapitska](https://community.emma-app.com/u/marynakhapitska)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/four-day-work-week-pilot-launches-in-uk/5030/9 "2022-01-25T14:19:57Z")

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No, on the contrary, he works more productively because he knows that he has three days off to rest and take care of everything on his to-do list.