Microsoft gives three days a week off in Japan, increased productivity by 40%

Microsoft Japan gave 2300 employees leave for three days instead of two days a week. These employees were made to work only four days a week.

Microsoft has taken a unique initiative for employees in its unit in Japan. The company organized the Work-Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019 in Japan for a month.

This program, named 'Working Reform Project', was carried out experimentally for a month. In this, Microsoft Japan gave 2300 employees leave for three days instead of two days a week. These employees were made to work only four days a week

The employees did not have to compromise in any way with the rest of their holidays in exchange for three days a week holiday. The impact of Microsoft's move was very encouraging. Productivity of the company increased by 39.9 percent by giving three days' leave.

Not only this, the employees took less holidays during this period and the company consumed 23.1 percent less electricity. This also reduced the company's expenses.

This increase in Microsoft's productivity was attributed to a decrease in meeting times. Due to work only four days a week, meetings started to end soon inside the company. Many meetings went virtual rather than face to face. Decisions began to be taken quickly. This increased work and increased productivity. After the end of the month, when Microsoft got to know their opinion from their employees, 92.1 percent declared the four-day week as an excellent idea.

Given the success of this experiment, Microsoft is planning to implement it again. A four-day week can be tried like this time in the next summer or in other months of the year along with it.

On this move of Microsoft, some prostitutes are of the opinion that this may not be beneficial for every company. Companies that are required to work seven days a week will have to recruit additional employees to run their jobs. This can increase the burden on the company's budget