Lichfield company joins four-day week

At the moment in the UK there are around 70 companies and over 3,000 people taking part in an official trial of the 4-day week. Now one Staffordshire based business has decided to follow suit and is reducing its working week by 20%.

Cream HR who are based in Lichfield pride themselves on encouraging clients to keep their workforce engaged by listening and acknowledging that people are the most important part of any business. 

Director Anthony Sutton explains: “After some thought about how best to support the team I decided to trial the 4-day week.  At Cream HR we have always believed in output over input and the 4-day week is just one way of recognising that. The intention is that each member of the team spends a day resting, recuperating, and refreshing so they are able to give 100% when in the office). Furthermore, we believe in leading from the front.”

“The obvious concern is that our service levels might which would e absolutely devastating to is but I truly believe that if people have time to rest or use the time to do something they are passionate about such as hobby or volunteering they will be happier and more productive at work.”

To make the new way of working most effective for the business they will still be operating five days a week, but each team member will take one day off at a time.

Anthony continues “We hope that by working in this way the business will run as normal and clients won’t see any difference in the service that we are providing, perhaps they will even see an improvement in productivity. After three months we will be reviewing this work pattern and looking for any teething problems and finding solutions. It is my hope that this will give us a vibrant and refreshed team. I would advise other businesses to consider giving it a try.”

To find out more about Cream HR visit www.creamhr.com

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