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Semaine de 4 jours, travail hybride : quelles options marchent vraiment dans les PME ?
SMEs are testing alternative work arrangements including four-day weeks and hybrid models to reshape their operations. The article investigates which formats deliver tangible results for smaller businesses.
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The four-day week has plenty of fans. Now researchers are testing what it really changes
Researchers are now conducting rigorous trials to measure the actual impact of the four-day week, moving beyond enthusiasm to hard evidence. The focus shifts from anecdotal support to quantifiable changes in productivity, well-being, and business outcomes.
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Pour la semaine de 4 jours ou de 4 jours et demi dans les écoles de Brest ? Donnez votre avis
The city of Brest is surveying families on a potential shift to a 4 or 4.5-day school week in local schools. This calendar reform directly impacts working parents' schedules and corporate organization.
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Consulting / Training
Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
Since 2025-01-01
100% (100Percent)
Consumer Goods
San Diego (Californie), États-Unis
Since 2024-10-01
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E-commerce / Tech
Lisbonne, Portugal
Since 2022-10-01
4 Day Week Global
Royaume-Uni
Since 2022-06-01
4C Health
Non-profit
Rochester (Indiana), États-Unis
Since 2022-09-01
AFAS Software
Tech / SaaS
Kontich, Belgique
Since 2025-07-01
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The four-day week, tested by the numbers
61 companies, around 2,900 employees, June-December 2022 — the largest pilot trial in the world to date.
- 92 % Companies that kept the four-day week
- +35 % Average revenue (vs comparable period)
- -57 % Staff attrition
- -71 % Employee burnout
70 %
of working people in France are in favor of a 32-hour week paid as 35.
Source: Ifop pour Politis, mars 2024Testimonials
“J'ai gagné de l'argent avec cette mesure alors que je pensais en dépenser !”Translation: “I made money on this move when I expected it to cost me!”
“Nos arrêts maladie ont été divisés par deux. Et bien sûr nos coûts sont aussi plus bas, car nous n'avons plus besoin d'autant d'espace et nos factures d'électricité ont diminué.”Translation: “Our sick leave has been halved. And of course our costs are lower too, because we no longer need as much space and our electricity bills have gone down.”
Andrew Barnes
Founder, Perpetual Guardian
The Better News, 28/11/2022quote as rendered in French by the source
“On savait qu'on allait vivre une zone de tâtonnements et ça a été le cas !”Translation: “We knew there would be a period of trial and error — and there was!”