🚀 Embrace the 4-Day Work Week: It’s Pretty Cool 😎

In the ever-evolving world of work, the traditional 9-to-5 grind is like that outdated flip phone 📱in a world of smartphones 📱💻📲. Say hello to the 4-day workweek! 🎉 While working fewer hours might raise a few eyebrows at first, guess what? It's a game-changer, and there’s lots of reasons to want to embrace it (not to mention lots of research which we just didn’t include in this post but you can totally Google it). In this blog post, we will delve into a few of these reasons, exploring how a 4-day workweek can boost team member satisfaction and empower businesses to thrive.

1. Redefining Wellbeing: The Harmony between Work and Everything Else

The 4-day workweek offers a refreshing approach to promoting wellbeing for our team members. By allowing more time for rest, family time, play, and hobbies, our teams will experience reduced stress levels and improved mental health. Striking a a better harmony between our work and the rest of our lives becomes more of a reality when we’re able to embrace a shorter work week, leading to higher job satisfaction and enhanced productivity while we are at work. When team members feel cared for and supported by their employers, they are more likely to invest more into their families, communities and the wider world around them, making a huge difference to their own wellbeing and those around them. What’s not to love? ❤️

2. Living Company Values: Empowering Team Members

Now, this ain't just talk; it's walk-the-talk time! Your team members aren't just cogs in the corporate machine 🏭; they're the heart and soul of your company! Introducing a 4-day workweek communicates a powerful message of trust and empowerment to team members. It shows how you show up to your company values. Such a progressive move fosters a positive company culture, one where team members feel valued, respected, and encouraged to take charge of their professional and personal growth. As businesses invest in the happiness of their team members, they pave the way for a loyal and dedicated team, willing to go the extra mile to achieve shared goals and take pride in what they’re able to achieve for themselves.

3. The New Norm: Attracting Top Talent

Oh, you want to find awesome new team members but are finding that kinda hard right now? 🌟 Let me tell you a secret: the 4-day workweek is like a shiny unicorn 🦄 that can pretty easily attract incredible talent from all around! People want more than just work; they want a life, too! ✨ So, when they hear your company has got their back with this magical workweek, they'll be lining up to join your fantastic team. Just make sure you’re walking the talk on your other values too though - people want a genuine commitment to creating a great workplace and shiny things need to also be backed by good foundations too!

The 4-day workweek is more than just a bold experiment; it represents a big shift in the way we approach work and team member wellbeing. So, why not take the leap? Embrace the 4-day workweek and witness the positive impact it can have on your business, your team members, and the world of work as we know it. After all, who said work couldn't be productive, engaging, and just a little fun?

What if you don’t feel you can make the leap?

We’d encourage you to have a look at what benefits the 4 day work week can bring you and then see if you can find other ways to meet those needs and benefits that still fit into what you’re able to do right now. We get that this is a journey (heck, we aren’t even doing this ourselves yet) and so thinking about what you CAN do in the meantime is a great step forward and will likely make the big leap to a 4 day work week or similar much easier later.

Want to chat with us about doing this with your team?

This blog post is packed with good vibes and plenty of reasons to embrace the 4 Day Work Week, but the real magic lies in the unique circumstances of each company! So if you want to chat to us about helping you design a 4 Day Work Week that is unique and fits your culture, hit us up, we’re absolutely the best people to talk to about this! Flick us an email at hello@bloomhq.co.nz and we’d love to chat to you about what you need. We got you 💪