4-day work week boosts Microsoft Japan’s productivity

August experiment results in 40% sales increase per employee. FMTNews Microsoft Japan

TOKYO: In a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan trialled a radical idea: working less. And it found that four-day weeks and other reforms both boosted sales and cut costs.

It also restricted meetings to a maximum of 30 minutes and encouraged online chats as an alternative to face-to-face communications. The results were positive, with sales per employee rising almost 40% in August from a year earlier, electricity consumption down by a quarter and paper usage being cut in half.

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