It'S A Good Idea To Work Three Days A Week.

Carlos Slim (Carlos Slim) suggested that we should work 3 days a week.

This sounds crazy.

But in 1922, when Henry Ford announced that his employees would work 5 days a week, many people thought he was crazy, too, Henry Ford.

For us, our work week seems to be normal, because we have always known such a work system, and everyone else knows it.

In many parts of the world, not all places, Saturday and Sunday are rest days.

But if you are old enough, you may remember that Saturday morning was a normal thing to do.

So will the Mexico Telecom tycoon and the world's second richest will start a big change in workplace life just like Ford?

For those who are most worried about him - those who are unwilling to retire - his proposal can certainly be compared with Ford's reform.

Silimu's statement on working 3 days a week was published at a business conference in Paraguay.

As Silimu said, it is unwise for people to retire at the age of five or sixty, and they may have a 1/3 life expectancy in the future.

He said: "people need to work for many more years until they are 70 or 75 years old, working only three days a week, maybe 11 hours a day."

It is reasonable for the older employees to continue working in society, especially in the declining number of young people. These young people will need to support and have a long life retiree.

This is also reasonable for older employees: the combination of work and leisure is what many people want.

Silimu, 74, said: "if we only work for 3 days a week, we will have more time to relax and improve the quality of life.

4 days off a week will be very important for developing new recreational activities and other ways to kill time.

He seems to think that employees who reduce their workdays per week should have the same income as full-time workers.

This is what happened in Telmex, a Mexico fixed telephone company: Eligible retirees can choose to work at full wages in the form of working four days a week.

Older employees in other places may prefer to reduce their work week with less pay, work 8 or 9 hours a day instead of 11 hours.

Their companies may care about retaining their experience while saving salaries.

What about the others?

Those who engage in unimportant work or sign a zero hour contract will like to work 3 days a week with a stable and healthy income.

People who work in hospitals, supermarkets and gas stations need night shifts and work on weekends, and weekends are Ford's rest days for their employees.

However, if the enterprise has the imagination and agrees with this arrangement, the plan to reduce the working week will apply to more people.

I have ten employees who have children (almost all mothers). They work three or four days a week.

Almost all of them are more efficient and diligent than those who work 5 days a week.

In general, they are more focused and more organized.

Reducing weekly workdays does not apply to all

But it is more applicable than most of the traditional managers.

Agreeing to reduce weekly workdays requires two changes in management thinking.

The first thing to realize is that no matter how much, employees spend a lot of time in the office.

Most emails out of working hours are unnecessary.

Before we had e-mail, we did a good job.

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The work of top management

It is usually the least necessary.

Canadian management writer Henry Munzberg (Henry Mintzberg) has found that executives are busy, but they do not spend too much time watching anything.

Sir Gerry Robinson, the former head of television group Granada, told reporters: "I don't usually work long hours in Sir.

You must be very sure that you do not spend your time on things that are not important.

Second, executives need to understand that the best way to measure talent is to see how well they work, rather than how long they sit at their desks every day.

Most importantly, managers need to realize that people's lives have changed.

They have children, and their elderly parents need to take care of them.

In a few years, their children need them more. After that time, their children no longer need them so much.

If the enterprises pay special attention to the promotion of women, they need to take this into account.

Last month, I attended a luncheon meeting of Asian corporate lawyers in Hongkong. During the dinner, ladies talked about the importance of flexible working system for their career advancement.

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