After 4-Day Workweek Success, This Company Is Letting Employees Work Whenever And Wherever They Want
After 4-Day Workweek Success, This Company Is Letting Employees Work Whenever And Wherever They Want
After 4-Day Workweek Success, This Company Is Letting Employees Work Whenever And Wherever They Want The four-day workweek is on the rise, as companies attempt to bend to the demands of modern workers, and even a handful of countries experiment with increased productivity and improved quality of life. There’s one company in particular that has found the shortened workweek to be a resounding success: Lumen SEO, a United Kingdom-based search engine optimization company founded by young entrepreneur Aled Nelmes in 2020. Aled Nelmes. Photo courtesy of Aled Nelmes/LinkedIn After about two years of trialing a four-day work week — 32 hours spread across Monday through Thursday, with no cut in pay — Nelmes said the effort boosted output, staff retention, and mental health. So, he decided to double down. “We’re abandoning the four-day work week,” Nelmes posted on LinkedIn about six months ago. “For three months we’re trialing a new way of working at Lumen SEO, where team members are to work 32 hour…