It’s always dream for most of us to work fewer hours. Well, then you may want to consider it.
But studies shows that A 3 Day Work Week May Be Best For Those Over 40 Years Old.
How do you explain it to your boss using this study? You might want to show this report to your boss (if he buys la … )
If you’re over 40, you can cite a study in the Melbourne Institute’s Working Paper Series. They found that a three-day work week may be the best way to keep employees over 40 productive yet not burned out.
In the study, researchers from Australia and Japan looked at how working hours affected cognitive abilities of 3,500 women and 3,000 men over 40 years old in Australia. The volunteer subjects had to do various cognitive tests, such as reciting sequences of numbers and reading words aloud, reported The Telegraph.
“Our findings show that there is a non-linearity in the effect of working hours on cognitive functioning,” the research said. “For working hours up to around 25 hours a week, an increase in working hours has a positive impact on cognitive functioning. However, when working hours exceed 25 hours per week, an increase in working hours has a negative impact on cognition.”
Most of us feel exuberant and refreshed after a three-day weekend, so it’s no surprise that a regular four-day work week would likely be healthier for us than a typical five-day work week.
Professor John Ashton, one of the UK’s leading doctors, called for the reduction of the British work week from five to four days, telling the Guardian in 2014 that “the stress that people are under, the pressure on time and sickness absence, [work-related] mental health is clearly a major issue.”
Fewer working hours usually mean less energy is consumed, and an extra day of commuting back and forth to work could be avoided.
Hope that there are bosses reading this and implements the 3 days work … What do you think? Do you agree. Let us know on the comments below