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California mulls a four-day workweek

Headlines From The Times

L.A. Times Studios

News, Daily News, Society & Culture, The Times, California

4.1544 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers in California are talking about make a four-day work week a reality. Here's why the idea isn't as far-fetched as it seems.

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0:00.0

All right. Just pulled up at the spot. Looks like the tide's coming in. Current's moving.

0:10.5

That was Austin Schofield, and one recent Monday, while most of us were at work, Austin went fishing.

0:17.3

Feels like a very fishy spot. Oh, fish just jumped.

0:20.9

Like he's been doing basically every Monday for the last two years,

0:24.2

ever since his employer, a company called the Wanderluss Group,

0:28.3

switched from a five-day work week down a four.

0:31.8

It's been really nice from a fishing perspective

0:34.0

because everyone else is busy,

0:37.0

so I can go to all the spots, and it's not boaters or anglers

0:40.6

everywhere. And it just allows you to decompress and not have that dread of the upcoming workday.

0:48.3

Even though I have worked tomorrow, I'm not stressed out about it at all, really.

0:54.7

I am absolutely in love with the four-day work week.

0:58.0

I don't think I could go back to a five-day work week.

1:02.3

More and more companies are making the switch,

1:04.9

and in California, there's even talk of making a 32-hour work week, the law.

1:09.8

Oh, I would think that would be amazing.

1:12.1

Three days, weekends.

1:13.7

I think a lot of people would appreciate having that break.

1:16.7

But some people aren't so sure.

1:18.5

I don't foresee that being a possibility in my line of work.

1:22.0

I just don't see it being something that's feasible for my lifestyle

1:25.3

and the amount of work that I usually have to do.

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