Revolutionary news has arrived from the Magyar Telekom Group:
In Hungary, for the first time in the corporate sector, the Magyar Telekom Group is experimenting with the introduction of a new work schedule: between July and October, four teams, including support and customer relations, will switch to a 4-day work schedule.
According to the company’s announcement, during the pilot period, the team members will work at an unchanged basic salary on a 4-day schedule per week and will pay special attention to smooth work organization and gaining experience. The main purpose of the 4-month test period is to gather information. In addition to the analysis of practical data, Telekom is also interested in the opinions of all participants in the labor market, which is why they are launching nationally representative research on the topic.
Logo at Deutsche Telekom’s headquarters in Bonn
Photo: Oliver Berg / dpa / AFP
The 4-day work week was included in the Dialogue program for the first time in Hungary, but is also supported by Momentum. So far, Fidesz has given no indication that it is particularly sympathetic to the idea. The Railway Union, on the other hand, considers the introduction of a 4-day working week to be justified, as this scheme will leave significantly more time for workers to rest, which would also significantly improve the general health of working people.
The news has recently emerged that a four-day work week is being tested in the UK. 3,000 employees of sixty British companies will take part in the experiment from 1 June. The goal of a shortened work week is for employees to have to work less for the same amount of pay while being able to increase work efficiency. The 444 also wrote about that huge success the four-day work week in Iceland.
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