Microsoft's Reduced Workweek Increased Productivity by 40%

The Real News Podcast · Nov 6, 2019 · 13m

Microsoft's Japan office reduced its workweek to four days for a full month, and productivity jumped by 40%. Why isn't it implemented everywhere? Richard Wolff explains why we've worked five days a week since the 1940s.

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