The companies that participated were from a wide range of sectors and sizes and were permitted to design a four-day week policy tailored to their own needs, with the onlyconditions being that pay was not cut and employees were given a "meaningful" reduction in work time.
参与研究的公司行业不同，规模不一，并可以根据自身需求设计每周工作四天的政策，唯一的要求是不减薪，并“实际”缩减员工工作时间。
A shorter work week was found to improve employees' well-being. Before and after data showed that 39% of employees reported feeling less stressed, 71% had reduced levels of burnout at the end of the trial. Surveyed employees said they also felt less anxious, less fatigued and were sleeping better.
研究发现，缩短工作时间可以提高员工幸福感。试点计划开展前后数据显示，39%的员工表示压力减轻，而71%的员工在试验结束时的倦怠程度有所降低。接受调查的员工表示，他们还感到不那么焦虑、疲劳，睡眠有所改善。
Employees also said their work-life balance improved, but the benefits were not limited to workers.
员工们还称，他们的工作与生活更加平衡，但四天工作制不仅仅给员工带来了好处。
Administrative data from the participating companies showed that revenues rose by 1.4% on average, weighted by company size, during the trial period.
参与试验的企业的管理数据显示，在试验期间，按公司规模加权，收入平均增长1.4%。
When compared to a similar period from previous years, organizations with shorter work week actually reportedrevenue increases of 35% on average—which the study authors said indicated healthy growth at the same time there was a reduction in work.
与往年同期相比，每周工作时间较短的企业，实际上报告的收入平均增长了35%——研究作者表示，这表明在员工工作时间缩短的同时，企业实现了健康增长。
四天工作制越来越受欢迎
罗致恒富人力资源的一项调查显示，93%的企业管理者支持每周四天工作制度，64%的管理者认为，他们所在的企业将在未来5年内实行四天工作制。
Data also showed employees were much less likely to leave the companies that participated in the trial program,with staff losses dropping by 57% in the six-month trial period.
数据还显示，员工从参与试验的公司离职的可能性要小得多，在六个月的试验期内，员工流失率下降了57%。
Some employees enjoyed the change so much they said keeping the extra day off each week would be more important than a raise. 15% of employees said that noamount of money would induce them to return to a five-day schedule.
一些员工非常喜欢这种变化，他们认为，每周多休息一天比加薪更重要。15%的员工表示，再多的钱也无法促使他们恢复到五天工作制。
Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder and managing director of 4 Day Week Global, said the results were encouraging and that results from similar pilot programs around the globe would be forthcoming.
非营利组织“全球四天工作制”联合创始人兼总经理夏洛特·洛克哈特表示，试验结果令人鼓舞，全球各地类似试点项目的结果也即将出炉。
“试行一周四天工作制”自2022年6月在英国开始试行。该项目由非盈利机构“全球四天工作制”、智库 Autonomy、英国四天工作制运动团与剑桥大学、牛津大学和波士顿学院的研究人员合作运营。
此前，冰岛也曾在2015年至2019年间开展过短工作周试点活动，共有2500名公共部门员工参与了两次大型试点活动。试点发现，参与者的劳动效率没有因为工作时间缩短而降低，而员工的幸福感却有显著提升。
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