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The four-day week is gaining ground in companies

2022-10-03T15:13:24.659Z


DECRYPTION - Working less to earn as much is a tempting promise for job seekers. Some companies did not wait for recruitment difficulties to adopt it.


Every week, Émilie Riou, executive at Elmy, a green electricity supplier, leaves for the weekend on Thursday evening.

"See you Monday!"

she slips to her colleagues, after her four days of weekly work.

The young woman is not employed part-time but rather full-time, Monday to Thursday.

Since September 1, 2022, the 100 employees of the Lyon company have been testing the four-day week, paid 39 hours, at the rate of 32 hours per week (35 hours for executives).

No pay cut, then.

“It's nice to have an extra day off which allows you to really take time for yourself,

” she says

.

In terms of activities, the field of possibilities is immense.”

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Since the Covid and the generalization of telework, some employers do not hesitate to review the organization at work.

Faced with recruitment difficulties, they are sometimes forced to give in to the demand for flexibility in order to retain existing employees.

In this context, the week of four…

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Source: lefigaro

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