Shorter Weeks, Bigger Results: Is It Possible?

Can we be more efficient at work?

_{This is a publication based on the suggested topic proposed in the Hive Learners community through their discord, which on this occasion is Four Day Work Week.}

The labor issue is something that I learned a lot from, especially because I worked with a colonel from the Second World War, with whom I learned the value of hard work.

Addressing the issue of having fewer days of work, but lengthening the day, seems interesting to me.

However, personally, I find that lengthening work hours is not healthy for either the employee or the company.

The employee will not achieve greater efficiency; On the contrary, a person who is forced or forced to work more hours will be in a state of anxiety all the time and will hardly work under pressure.

A person will be efficient or perform well the tasks required by the company only if he or she feels motivated and comfortable with his or her work.

In my opinion, this is not a good option.

As I commented in other colleagues' posts, the best option would be to have companies that offer short working hours and that directly reward the results obtained.

That is, salaries and rewards are based solely on the goals achieved. In this way, we could have more productive companies and communities.

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I believe that the paradigm of companies should change and focus more on productivity than on the number of hours worked.

The important thing is that the final product is obtained efficiently.

With a qualified group of workers working in short periods of time, it is easier to achieve this goal.

For example, let's imagine a company with 8 people who work one hour each. These 8 people could focus during that hour on offering a quality finished product and the company would be satisfied with their work.

In addition, the company could pay a lower fraction per hour, since productivity would be higher.

And in this way the company would pay its people focusing on the achievements obtained and not on the number of hours they work, it seems to me that it is a more rational way to reward efficiency.

Employees will be able to have their free time and feel better about being able to dedicate themselves to their families and their hobbies, and this leads to more productive and creative staff in the long term.

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I also want to highlight that it is very important that after a certain amount of time while working the person takes breaks.

It is recommended that for each hour worked the person has rest breaks of 5 to 10 minutes so you can stay focused and continue working.

We must also take into account this rest because it is something that is very important, the Companies should follow this guideline.

In conclusion I repeat: I think that the best option is have fewer hours worked during the week and the worker can focus in the final product, and not in the hours worked or to be worked, but in the final result.

If workers kept only this in mind, productivity would be higher and the benefits would be greater for both the company, the workers and also for society.

This is the point of view I have regarding this topic.

Thank you very much for coming this far, I appreciate your participation, I will be attentive to your opinion below in the comments.

Until next time.