“Advice firm Almond Financial moves to four-day working week”

The Four Day Week was much discussed and trailed post-COVID, when remote-working looked likely to end strap-hanging commutes for good and laptops on the kitchen table were to become the ’new norm’. Many are still TWAT-ing (Tuesday-Wednesday-And-Thursday in the office) but Maga Musk and others are in many workplaces insisting on a return to full-time office work. Four Days seems like an acceptance of Parkinsons Law, that work expands to fill the time available, and that getting more done in less time is perfectly feasible. In other cases, however, it’s being used as a carrot to both retain and attract scarce skills, as demand for younger people in our business apparently well-exceeds supply. My view has always been that flexibility and trusting those you employ to get the job done whenever is the better route, as four inflexible days will eventually become as restrictive as five. And as for me, I’m still aiming to get down to five… 

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