{"id":5359,"date":"2016-10-21T10:42:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T10:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2022-10-19T03:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:45:55","slug":"this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why We Should Adopt A 6-Hour Workday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">In the Philippines, an ideal workday is 8-hours, or 40-hours a week. But in a recent\u00a0survey, it<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>showed that\u00a0Filipino\u00a0workers work for an average of 42.4 hours a week, and that&#8217;s excluding travel time. The European Court has actually\u00a0reportedthat traveling to work is already considered work. While they may have a different take on this, if you think about it in our setting, commuting in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/job-board\/te\/metro-manila\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Manila<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is already a draining task on its own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So let&#8217;s do the math, if you add your entire travel time of the week to the average work hours you do, how many hours would that be? It&#8217;s like a scene fresh out of a horror movie\u2014horrifying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">How would you feel, then, if we cut back working hours to six hours a day? We&#8217;re sure you&#8217;d be jumping for joy just thinking about it. I know we are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday\/#Sweden_on_a_roll\" title=\"Sweden on a roll\">Sweden on a roll<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday\/#Work_less_achieve_more\" title=\"Work less, achieve more\">Work less, achieve more<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday\/#Debunking_the_six\" title=\"Debunking the six\">Debunking the six<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday\/#6_Hours_Workday\" title=\"6 Hours Workday\">6 Hours Workday<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sweden_on_a_roll\"><\/span>Sweden on a roll<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some companies in Sweden have been living\u00a0this idea for a couple of years now and their results were actually better than when they were working the 9 to 6 schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Toyota company in Gothenburg, Sweden, the pioneer company of this 6-hour workday concept, reported that with the 13 years they&#8217;ve tried this, they&#8217;ve had higher profits, better production and quality, and most importantly, happier and more efficient employees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5374\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday.jpg 750w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Similarly, Filimundus, a Stockholm-based\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/job-board\/te\/developer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app developer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0made a shift to six-hour work days last year, noting that the only major difference they got was it made their employees more productive and happy despite shortening work hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Brath, another tech\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/job-board\/te\/startup\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">startup<\/a><\/strong>, made the move three years ago, and they&#8217;re saying\u00a0that the biggest advantage of the new schedule was a low turnover rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We also believe that once you\u2019ve gotten used to having time for the family, picking up the kids at day care, spending time training for a race or simply just cooking good food at home, you don\u2019t want to lose that again,&#8221; says\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/brath.com\/why-we-started-with-6-hour-work-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CEO Maria Brath<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We believe that this is a good reason to stay with us and not only because of the actual impact longer hours would make in your life but for the reason behind our shorter days. We actually care about our employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After these companies cut worker hours, they saw production rate soar. And that&#8217;s the dream, right? Less working hours,\u00a0achieving more.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Work_less_achieve_more\"><\/span>Work less, achieve more<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Working long hours in an effort to do more does work (we&#8217;ve been doing it since time immemorial), but most often, the\u00a0end results would be low job satisfaction rates, a lot of sick days, and sometimes, if you&#8217;re really that kind of worker, it may even lead to death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, recent\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/freeexchange\/2014\/12\/working-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have shown\u00a0that working less hours actually promotes productivity, both with the self and with a team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/this-is-why-we-should-adopt-a-6-hour-workday-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cProbably it has never entered the heads of most employers that hours could be shortened and output maintained,\u201d noted John Hicks, a British economist explaining that when working longer, a person&#8217;s output actually falls. They will lose the energy to work which will make them less productive, or will result to a lot of mistakes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Debunking_the_six\"><\/span><b>Debunking the six<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">When you come to think about it,\u00a0we really only work for six hours a day; the remaining two hours are spent doing personal activities such as checking on social media, chatting with colleagues, or answering emails. While this might seem to be in the best interest of workers, it may not be that beneficial to millennials who value work-life balance more than the previous generations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The idea that Sweden is adopting this concept is to encourage their people to focus and hustle with the time given to them, and leave the office at a reasonable hour so they could spend time doing personal things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The catch, though, is to discipline themselves on doing and finishing tasks on time, and to do that, they have to resist going to Facebook, and limiting meetings to once or twice a week.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Hours_Workday\"><\/span><strong>6 Hours Workday<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Working less hours has also linked to less stress, and less stress means being more energetic and productive in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So maybe Sweden&#8217;s really on to something here; if we value an employee&#8217;s time and well-being enough, then they&#8217;ll be better, happier, and more productive not just in the workplace, but with life in general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A 6-hour workdays won&#8217;t be happening soon here, but nothing&#8217;s stopping you from finding the right job with the right work culture.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/?utm_source=b2c-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=blog-cta&amp;utm_content=signup-button-102116&amp;ref=b2c-blog_free_blog-cta_signup-button-102116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Sign up on Kalibrr<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0today\u00a0<\/i><em>and find the right job for you.<\/em><i>You can also\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/i\/77238488FF110D6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>subscribe<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0to our weekly newsletter and get Kalibrr Career Advice straight to\u00a0your inbox!<\/i><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Philippines, an ideal workday is 8-hours, or 40-hours a week. But in a recent\u00a0survey, it\u00a0showed that\u00a0Filipino\u00a0workers work for an average of 42.4 hours a week, and that&#8217;s excluding travel time. The European Court has actually\u00a0reportedthat traveling to work is already considered work. 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