2023-04-29 04:00:00
“It allows you to have a real weekend,” launches bluntly at the Journal Antoine Bordeleau on the four-day work week, which allows him to rest for real and to be much more creative at work.
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“When you come back on Monday, you’re so much more productive,” says Antoine Bordeleau, marketing director of Montreal video game studio ManaVoid Entertainment. Like him, more and more Quebecers swear by this new schedule.
“I don’t like having meetings to have meetings. It’s ‘The symptom of the five days a week’”, he illustrates jokingly.
“There is a certain revolution in the organization of work. The pandemic has accelerated the implementation of teleworking”, analyzes Yannick Paradis, director of sales Canada at Talent.com, who has just published a survey on the question.
We learn that 95% of Quebecers are interested in the four-day week and that more than 60% are even ready to demand this social benefit first, ie as much as the flexibility of the schedule.
“Some Quebecers are afraid of being paid less (39%) or working longer days (29%),” notes Yannick Paradis of Talent.com.
However, despite certain fears, the phenomenon is not running out of steam. Last Monday, an article byInsider went even further by mentioning that the week might get even shorter with automation and artificial intelligence over the next few years.
Sold every four days
The last days, The newspaper spoke to many Quebecers sold every four days.
“I’ve been at four days a week for over five years. I love that. There is an impact on finances, but I am not too spendthrift,” commented Guillaume Paré, strategic mobility advisor at the Quebec Ministry of the Environment.
“I want to spend time with my daughter. Otherwise, you spend the weekend doing maintenance and errands instead of being with your family,” he insisted.
For Juliette Pronovost, strategist at Canidé, who has been enjoying the four-day week for a few months, this new reality has the effect of a revelation.
“I have more time. I sleep better. I have less stress. I play sports,” she says.
“I’ve been at four days a week for two years. It was an obligation. I wanted the three days off. My spouse also works four days,” said mechanical planner Jenny Boutin-Farbotko.
“One more holiday really makes a difference. We take advantage of the weekend more, ”she concluded.
– With the collaboration of Sylvain Larocque
➤ More than one out of two Quebecers would accept a pay cut in exchange for the four-day week, but for most of them (40%), this should not exceed 10%.
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