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Switched our team to a four-day week last month and it's actually working
Our output in Phoenix stayed the same, but our project manager said error rates dropped by 15%. Anyone else try this and see a change in quality, not just hours?
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jesse9888d ago
That 15% drop in error rates is interesting, but I have a different take. In my experience, that kind of change is usually from something else, like a new tool or a process fix that happened around the same time. It's really hard to pin a quality jump just on fewer days. I've seen teams try this and the quality bump, if it happens at all, doesn't last. The initial rush of being rested wears off and the old pressure just gets packed into four days instead.
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charlesb428d ago
Hold up, you're saying you've seen teams actually go back to the old schedule after trying this? That's wild to me, @jesse988. I figured once a place made the switch, they'd stick with it if they saw any gain at all. Maybe the places you're talking about just crammed the same workload into less time, which defeats the whole point.
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