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After spending August experimenting with a four-day work week in a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan said sales per employee rose 40% compared with the same month last year.
The “Work-Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019†saw full-time employees take off five consecutive Fridays in August with pay, as well as shortening meetings to a maximum of 30 minutes and encouraging online chats over face-to-face ones.
Among workers responding to a survey about the program, 92% said they were pleased with the four-day week, the software maker’s Japan affiliate said. Japan has been struggling to bring down some of the longest working hours.