How Does A Four Day Workweek Sound? It’s Already Happening Around The World
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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On this 100th anniversary of the 5 day work week, let’s celebrate by making it 4! On May 1st, 1926, Henry Ford officially ended the standard 6 day work week and made it 5, believing it would actually increase productivity. It proved to be true, but now many countries have already taken that a step further, piloting successful programs that are encouraging more companies to adopt a new official workweek.
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| 0:36.6 | Hey there, folks, it is Friday, May 1st, and happy anniversary. |
| 0:42.3 | On this day, 100 years ago, the five-day work week was born. |
| 0:50.3 | Before that, it was actually a six-day work week, and now some of us wanted to be foe. And with that, it was actually a six-day work week. And now, some of us wanted to be foe. And with that, |
| 0:58.3 | welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J., big anniversary. Who knew? 100 years? I did not know this. |
| 1:04.0 | This one snuck up on me, Roads. Yes, I had no idea the facts behind this day. May 1st, 1926, was the day that Henry Ford had the Ford Motor Company |
| 1:16.4 | there in Detroit go into a five-day, 40-hour work week. It had been a six-day, and that was |
| 1:24.9 | standard in America back in 1926, had no idea. |
| 1:28.0 | Do people remember that? |
| 1:29.6 | Probably not many because you'd have to be pretty damn old to know so. |
| 1:33.5 | But I don't remember that it, like, talked about. |
| 1:35.5 | I don't remember people. |
| 1:36.3 | Oh, back in the day, it used to be, but I don't remember that at all being talked about. |
| 1:42.0 | Yeah, they said Sunday was the only day that most American workers had off until Henry Ford came up with the idea, |
| 1:48.8 | had a theory that if you gave employees more time off to rest, to relax, to take care of their |
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