It has nothing to do with the content of the article. [사진 = 연합뉴스]It was found that a large number of candidates flocked to the companies that participated in the “four days a week” experiment conducted in the UK.
According to CNBC in the US on 18 (local time), the number of job vacancies in the UK increased to an all-time high earlier this year and, despite the severe job shortage, the four days to – Weekly trial companies are seeing big effects in terms of staff management, such as hiring new employees and retaining employment.
Since introducing the four-day weekly system, environmental consultancy Tyler Grange has seen a 60% increase in visitors to its recruiting information site and a 534% increase in job requests. Helen Britten, the company’s HR manager, said the interest of job applicants since the introduction of the four-day work week has been surprising.
Communication consultancy “Story Mob” also said it was able to fill jobs that had been vacant for a long time after the introduction of the four-day workweek and said it confirmed that candidates they were very interested in the four-day work week. work week.
The education company “Bedrock Learning” introduced that after the introduction of the four-day work week, only one employee left the company and the number of applicants increased significantly and the turnover rate of existing employees decreased. significantly.
Marketing firm “Loudmouth Media” also said that after the introduction of the four-day workweek, the number of applicants doubled and the retention rate increased from 80% to 98%.
The four-day-a-week experiment was planned by a non-profit organization “Four Days a Week Global” and by researchers from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Boston.
Meanwhile, in Korea, while the number of workers who value “work and life balance” is on the rise, focusing on employees in their 20s and 30s, “short-term work” is seeping into the workplace. work. While large companies like Woowa Brothers, Kakao Games, and SK Telecom, which are the nation’s delivery operators, are introducing the 4-day week system, even small and medium-sized businesses like Hunet are increasingly introducing the 4-day week system. .
The main reason companies adopt the four-day workweek is to strengthen internal wellbeing by extending vacation time and applying flexible working hours to recruit key talent. Furthermore, as face-to-face work is activated due to COVID-19, the perception that “working time = productivity” is fading. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the average working time in Korea in 2020 is 1,908 hours. The average working time in 38 OECD countries is 1,687 hours and Korea ranks third in the number of hours worked. However, Korea’s hourly labor productivity stood at $ 41.7, ranking 27th.
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