So it's hard to switch off this creep which has infiltrated our working lives.'ДЄFP via Getty Images If people were given an extra day off, Stronge said many say they would take care of personal tasks or spend more time with family and friends. 'Now, during the pandemic, you're in your living room with your laptop. 'Our working culture has changed to be one where it's much more about going above and beyond - working beyond your hours either for better career prospects or simply because it is demanded of you by your boss,' he said. Stronge, who is also the co-author of Overtime: Why We Need A Shorter Working Week, told NPR's Life Kit podcast last year that in some ways the five-day workweek is outdated and leads to something he calls the creep of overtime into our personal lives. The outcomes of a 32-hour workweek are something that Will Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, focuses on.

'The impact of the 'great resignation' is now proving that workers from a diverse range of industries can produce better outcomes while working shorter and smarter,' he said.

'As we emerge from the pandemic, more and more companies are recognizing that the new frontier for competition is quality of life, and that reduced-hour, output-focused working is the vehicle to give them a competitive edge,' Joe O'Connor, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, said in a statement. In exchange for fewer hours, workers commit to maintaining the productivity they would in a five-day workweek.Д¬alls for a 32-hour workweek have increased, especially as many people around the world are facing burnout from the pandemic. Workers make the same amount of money they would for a 40-hour workweek, but they only work 80% of the time. It's being put on by 4 Day Week Global, the 4 Day Week Campaign, the U.K.-based think tank Autonomy, and researchers at Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College. The experiment includes more than 3,300 people across 70 companies in industries ranging from health care to local fish and chip shops. will be working 32 hours a week in the largest four-day workweek pilot the world has ever seen. For the next six months, thousands of people across the U.K.

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