For the first time in the Hungarian corporate sector, Magyar Telekom They are experimenting with working four days a week as part of a pilot project, the company said in a statement Thursday.
As written, Magyar Telekom started the trial after trying the four-day workweek in several countries around the world (such as Brussels, Japan, Iceland and Spain), most recently in Great Britain, and the results are very encouraging.
Between July and October, four teams at Magyar Telekom will switch to a four-day work schedule, including support and customer relations.
Friedel Zuzana The chief of staff said that the company was marked by experience, the fact that they are boldly trying new things. Especially when it comes to initiatives that can be expected to improve their performance, the development of their colleagues and their quality of life. It is expected that testing the current work schedule for four days will improve the work-life balance of their employees and make the work itself more efficient.
The salary remains
An important rule is that the work week reduced to four days is offered on a trial basis, while their colleagues take home the same base salary while trying to make the work organization as seamless as possible within the company.
The main purpose of the four-month probationary period is to collect information.
In addition, Magyar Telekom launched a nationwide representative survey to assess the sector and whether this is possible. AbsolutelyAnd, if so, how can Four working days a week. In addition, Hungarian workers will be consulted on the introduction of a four-day work week and a social dialogue will be initiated.
Sixty British companies have already submitted it this week
Magyar Telekom’s management was recently inspired by the comprehensive four-day work week that began on Monday, with nearly three thousand British employees. In Britain, nearly seventy companies have pledged to take part in the world’s largest pilot program so far for six months, in an effort to pilot the foundation for four working days a week.
One of the main conditions for participating in the trial is that employee payments cannot be reduced in any way with the introduction of short work weeks,
While work performance should not be lower, productivity should increase as working conditions improve.
Scientists at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, as well as experts from Boston College in the US, are co-managing the experiment with a think-tank called Autonomy.
In the first phase of the trial, which ran from June to December, from office software developers to recruiters to charities, restaurants even participated in the pilot, with the Royal Institute of Biology and a local brewery.
The pandemic has made us think about work, as well as how people organize their lives. We do this to improve the lives of our employees and to be part of a progressive change in the world that improves people’s mental health and well-being.
Sam Smith, owner of the Pressure Drop store in north London, told the Guardian. The head of the company added that during this half-year period, he and his team would pledge to produce and bottle the same amount of beer in four days as in five. To this end, they are trying to make better use of the breaks and downtimes that have occurred thus far.
The trial, involving about 3,000 British workers, is part of a global initiative: similar smaller trials are taking place in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, while they have already been introduced in Belgium and Iceland.
The British experience has historical significance
Said Juliette Shore, a leading researcher, economist, and sociologist at Boston College on the four-day Global Workweek project. He says there is no point in sticking to a strict, century-old system. In many workplaces, one hundred percent productivity can be achieved eighty percent of the time, as companies moving to the four-day work week have already proven all over the world.
At the same time, Juliet Shore acknowledged that the four-day workweek as an initiative would certainly not be admired by everyone, as it would not suit all professions, including education and health care.
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