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不知道大家还记不记得英国从去年6月开始进行了一场史上范围最大的四天任务制试行方案？
英国本地61家公司的逾2900名员工，在保存原有工资的条件下增加工时，每周只上四天半。来自剑桥大学、牛津大学以及波士顿学院的钻研员，则担任视察评价任务周缩短后对出产率和糊口素质的影响。
如今半年过来了，这项钻研终于发布了终究后果：
√ 56家公司（占92%）选择不恢复五天任务制，持续试行四天制；
√ 18家（三分之一）永远改成四天任务制；
√ 3家企业抉择暂停试行方案；
√ 2家仍在斟酌是不是要缩长工作天。
In the second half of last year, 61 businesses in Britain offered their employees a four-day work week as part of a pilot program. Researchers found that employers and employees noticed benefits.
去年下半年，英国有61家企业参预一项试验钻研，允许员工每周任务四天。钻研人员发现，雇主和雇员都有踊跃的改动。
Fifty-six of the companies, or 92 percent, said they would continue with a four-day week, according to the new report, and 18 confirmed that the change would be permanent.
按照新的讲演，其中92%，即56家公司表现他们将持续实施四天任务制，18家公司确认将永远实施这一政策。
The study also found that companies’ revenue stayed broadly the same on average over the trial period — and that attrition among employees dropped significantly. In a survey about halfway through the study, most of the companies reported no loss of productivity during the trial.
钻研还发现，公司的支出在实验期间大抵放弃不变——并且员工的流失率显著降落。在钻研进行到一半时，大少数公司讲演说在实验期间没有出产力损失。
“Taken as a whole, results from the U.K. trial therefore make clear that the four-day week is ready to take the next step from experimentation to implementation,” the report concluded.
“因此，从总体上看，英国的实验后果分明地标明，四天任务制曾经筹备好迈出从实验到实行的下一步，”该讲演总结说。
尝过苦头的2900名参预者中，无人想保持四天任务制；其中15%的人乃至说，给他们再多钱，也不克不及让他们回到五天任务制。
Some 3,300 workers from banks, marketing, health care, financial services, retail, hospitality and other industries participated in the pilot program.
来自银行、市场营销、医疗保健、金融办事、批发、酒店和其余行业的约3300名从业人员加入了试点名目。
Their responses were overwhelmingly positive: 90 percent of those employees said they definitely wanted to continue with a four-day week. None said they definitely did not want to. And 15 percent said no amount of money would motivate them to accept a five-day schedule at their next job.
他们对这项动作赞叹不已：90%的员工说他们想持续实施四天任务制。没有人表现本人确定不肯意。15%的人说，下一份任务无论给多少钱，都不会想再任务五天。
The effects that workers reported on their well-being were striking: The study found that levels of anxiety, fatigue and sleep issues decreased, while mental and physical health improved. About 70 percent of employees said they had reduced levels of burnout by the end of the trial.
从讲演来看，周围任务制对下班族的影响是惊人的。钻研发现，他们的焦虑、疲劳和睡眠问题都有所减缓，而身心安康失掉改良。大约70%的员工说他们在实验完结时觉得不那末疲乏了。
看到这里是否忽然振奋了起来！做四休三，这是哪里来的坏事。其实很早以前，就曾经有人在构想四天任务制了。
For decades, politicians and other leaders have talked about the possibility of a four-day week.Vice President Richard M. Nixon predicted it in the 1950s.
几十年来，政治家和其余领导人始终在探讨每周任务四天的可能性。20世纪50年代，时任美国副总统的理查德·尼克松就预测到了这一点。
In the 1970s, Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers, said a shorter week was “absolutely inevitable.” But for various reasons — including inertia — the idea never took hold.
20世纪70年代，美国汽车工人联结会的道格拉斯·弗雷泽说，缩短每周任务时间是“绝对不成防止的”。然而因为各种各样的缘故——包罗惯性——这个设法从未失掉认可。
英国固然不是独一一个实验四天任务制的国度。
自从2021年起，一家名为4 Day Week Global 的非营利性组织就开始在西班牙、爱尔兰、美国、澳大利亚等地域进行试点。
不外，不少人对“四天任务制”仍是持有疑心态度，以为少任务一天，就是天天的任务量减少，并且失去了时间支配的灵敏性。
还有一些诸如批发、餐饮、医疗和教育等畛域，很难实施四天任务制。
However, recent evidence showed plenty in the UK actually want to work more hours. Many see that as a lifeline to boost their earnings in the cost-of-living crisis, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a body for HR professionals.
但是，比来的证据显示，许多英国人实际上但愿任务更长期。人力资源专业人士组织英国特许人事与开展协会表现，许多人将这视为在目前糊口本钱下跌危机中减少支出的救命稻草。