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How a Texas Factory Solved Its Labor Shortage with a Four-Day Week
Episode 17 of The Manufacturing Podcast explores how a mid-sized factory in Texas tackled a severe labor shortage by switching to a four-day, ten-hour workweek without cutting pay. Lucas and Luna walk through the specific numbers: turnover dropped from 60 percent to 12 percent in one year, applications jumped 400 percent, and productivity actually rose 8 percent. They discuss the operational challenges — shift coverage, overtime rules, and regulatory hurdles in Texas — and talk to the plant manager who made the call. The episode also touches on similar experiments in other states and what…
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