Trials in countries like the UK and Japan have shown higher morale and unchanged productivity. A few Indian startups have experimented with this model too. But in client-facing or operations-heavy industries, skepticism remains.
Can the 4-day work week model work in Indian companies without affecting deliverables, especially in service-oriented roles?
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When India is not even ready for a five day week, the question of four day week has no relevance. As you know that the functions that the clerks of the banks used to do have been shifted to customers. Still these banks are not ready to make five days week. the same is the case with manufacturing companies and sales offices. We do not believe employee taking holidays and spending long weekends but we believe only in work, production and SALES, and to make it happen we will ask the employees to work even on Sundays and holidays. The question often asked by the employers are should the weekly off be paid one or not. If there are two weekly offs, then no employer would like to make it paid one. Then how is it possible if we make four days week????
Therefore, India is far far behind other nations in this matter. True, the central Government offices may turn to 4 days working but it is not at all practical in private establishments. Even in IT sector there are a lot of companies which work for 6 days a week. Only such IT companies who work for Americans or UKs have 5 days week because by working on Saturday no value is added since their clients would not be available on Saturdays. For these companies four days working will be practical provided their clients also work for 4 days. But I don't think that India will be ready to say to a client who works for five days that we work only for four days....!!! This is because of our dependency on foreign clients.
The benefit of four days week as it is said is that when employees get three days' off, they can go for outing, thereby tourism will develop. It will also relieve stress of the employees. But if a worker like electrician or technical person gets three days' off, he will use it to work for another company and earn money out of it. Again the Monday blues will prevail once he is back to his office/ factory. He will not utilise the off days for stress relieving or travelling but he will use it to make money. hence I find that we are still in 6 days week and not even ready for five days week. yes, Government offices may work for four days and even less than that, who cares? because no one gets any benefit out of it
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4510Therefore, India is far far behind other nations in this matter. True, the central Government offices may turn to 4 days working but it is not at all practical in private establishments. Even in IT sector there are a lot of companies which work for 6 days a week. Only such IT companies who work for Americans or UKs have 5 days week because by working on Saturday no value is added since their clients would not be available on Saturdays. For these companies four days working will be practical provided their clients also work for 4 days. But I don't think that India will be ready to say to a client who works for five days that we work only for four days....!!! This is because of our dependency on foreign clients.
The benefit of four days week as it is said is that when employees get three days' off, they can go for outing, thereby tourism will develop. It will also relieve stress of the employees. But if a worker like electrician or technical person gets three days' off, he will use it to work for another company and earn money out of it. Again the Monday blues will prevail once he is back to his office/ factory. He will not utilise the off days for stress relieving or travelling but he will use it to make money. hence I find that we are still in 6 days week and not even ready for five days week. yes, Government offices may work for four days and even less than that, who cares? because no one gets any benefit out of it
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𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 4-day 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 .
𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 6 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙤𝙛 8 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 3 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 1000 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 1500 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙨.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢,𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 8400 𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 4-day 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 . 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙃𝙍.
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𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 6 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙤𝙛 8 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 3 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 1000 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 1500 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙨.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢,𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 8400 𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 4-day 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 . 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙃𝙍.
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If my maximum capacity is attained by working for 4 days, I will also be prepared to follow 4 days' week. But if my market is vast that I will be able to sell whatever quantity I produce, then I will not compromise on production but I will wish to produce the maximum so that I can sell the maximum. Then I will not make 4 days' work....!!!
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(Fact Checked)-Your insights on the challenges of a 4-day work week in India are appreciated. However, it's important to note that the adoption of this model isn't solely dependent on the readiness of a nation, but also on the adaptability of individual companies and their unique operational needs. (1 Acknowledge point)