Kate Hawkesby: If a four day week increases productivity and employee happiness, surely it's a win-win

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 22, 2023 · 3m

One of my fondest memories of living in London was how keen they were to hire Kiwis.

My girlfriend and I rocked up to job interviews with minimal practical skills as university graduates, and not much ‘real world’ experience under our belts. They didn’t care.

New Zealanders ‘had a reputation’ they told us, for being hard workers, we got snapped up at every job we went for. And it wasn’t hard to figure out why, after a few weeks in.

The work culture there at the time was so laid back, so seemingly ‘pro-breaks’ and anti-too-much hard slog.

I’ll never forget arriving at work one morning worried…