The Four-Day Week

Have you read about the companies trialling a four-day working week?

你有看過那些試行一週四天工作制的公司的報導嗎？

I have, and I must admit I'm rather sceptical about the whole idea.

看過，不過我得承認，我對這整個想法相當存疑。

Apparently productivity stayed the same, while staff reported far less burnout.

聽說生產力維持不變，而員工回報工作倦怠大幅減少。

That may be true for office work, but it hardly applies to hospitals or schools.

這對辦公室工作也許成立，但幾乎不適用於醫院或學校。

Fair point, although those sectors could experiment with flexible rotas instead.

有道理，不過這些行業可以改為嘗試彈性排班。

I'd also worry that people would simply cram five days of work into four.

我還擔心大家只是把五天的工作塞進四天裡。

The trials suggest that unnecessary meetings are usually the first thing to go.

試行結果顯示，不必要的會議通常是最先被取消的。

Well, if it means fewer meetings, you might just persuade me after all.

嗯，如果意味著會議變少，你說不定還真能說服我。