People of Glasgow share their thoughts on a four-day work week

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Green councillor Dan Hutchison wants officials to consider a study on the efficacy of cutting 20% of working hours for Glasgow City Council staff. He is expected to present a motion on Thursday to the city’s full council meeting.

The Glasgow Times took to the streets to ask how people felt about either a four-day working week, or working 80% of hours for 100% of pay.

Eve Hamilton, from Dennistoun, currently works flexible hours and would be keen to see a four-day work week put in place, though she expressed it would depend if those four days were longer shifts.

The 30-year-old said: “I definitely think you would see an increase [in productivity], as opposed to people spreading work out over five days when they can fit it in to four days.”

West-Ender Ross Craig, 21, also thought it could increase productivity.

He said: “I think it would be quite good.

“It kind of gives you a chance to have more days off to go do things.

“And I think if I knew I was getting the same pay, I would probably be motivated to work just as hard in those four days to have that extra day off.”

Scott Kemp, from Dennistoun, works both at home and in the office, and supports the idea of bringing in a shorter working week.

The 27-year-old said: “I think it’s a good initiative to have. I think it would be useful and it’s nice to see.”

He added: “I think you can be more productive on a shorter work week, and there’s definitely people within my work that do condensed hours, so I think it would be worthwhile to see the kind of outcomes from it.”

Part-time student Amelia Naylor, 22, from England, is already on a four-day week, but works longer hours now.

She said: “I get all my hours done in a shorter time.

“I think it’s hard at first when you start doing longer shifts, but you get used to it really quickly, so I’m for it.”