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The Benefits of a Shorter Working Week

Michael Hedge It was the repetition that did it for Alex Hirst. The same 5.30am alarm. The same 6.30am bus to the Tube station. The same District Line carriage, the same Starbucks coffee and croissant, the same meal-deal lunch. The same clients, the same problems, the same-shaped weeks. “Don’t get me wrong: I loved my work and didn’t resent doing it,” he insists. But at 33, leading a team of eight as a head of account management at a growing creative agency, Hirst began to wonder whether he had his priorities wrong. “I always thought the more time I spent working, the more successful I would become,” he says. “It was a badge of honour. Being the first in and the last out of the office was important to me. I thought that I was leading by example. In fact, I just became more and more detached. I stopped enjoying the highs. I didn’t care about the lows. Eventually, my wife told me that I’d become a shadow of my former self.”

Thank God It's Thursday: The Benefits of a Shorter Working Week

Thank God It's Thursday: The Benefits of a Shorter Working Week Richard Godwin © Provided by Men's Health UK Some companies are questioning whether the long-established five-day week is really necessary – or even profitable. Could a compressed schedule improve your productivity and revitalise your career? Proponents say it works – but will it work for you? © Michael Hedge Rethink your working life before you start to unravel It was the repetition that did it for Alex Hirst. The same 5.30am alarm. The same 6.30am bus to the Tube station. The same District Line carriage, the same Starbucks coffee and croissant, the same meal-deal lunch. The same clients, the same problems, the same-shaped weeks. “Don’t get me wrong: I loved my work and didn’t resent doing it,” he insists. But at 33, leading a team of eight as a head of account management at a growing creative agency, Hirst began to wonder whether he had his priorities wrong.

The video call apps linking home workers with strangers

BBC News By Lorelei Mihala image captionFocusmate connects you, via a video call, to a stranger from somewhere else in the world When Subrato Sarker had to start working from home due to the pandemic, he found himself struggling to stay productive while being on his own. Help has come from a host of strangers across the world who - at the other end of a one-on-one video call - sit and silently do their work while Mr Sarker does his. The 26-year-old software engineer from Dhaka, in Bangladesh, has hooked up with these "digital buddies" via a website called Focusmate.

'Working alongside strangers online helps me focus'

'Working alongside strangers online helps me focus' © Focusmate Focusmate connects you, via a video call, to a stranger from somewhere else in the world When Subrato Sarker had to start working from home due to the pandemic, he found himself struggling to stay productive while being on his own. Help has come from a host of strangers across the world who - at the other end of a one-on-one video call - sit and silently do their work while Mr Sarker does his. The 26-year-old software engineer from Dhaka, in Bangladesh, has hooked up with these "digital buddies" via a website called Focusmate.

The video call apps linking home workers with strangers