Employers reluctant to adopt four-day work week despite benefits

Only one in 10 are considering adopting the work set-up.

Singaporean employers are not as eager to embrace a four-day work week despite its perceived benefits for well-being and productivity.

Data from Robert Walters reveals that only 18% of employers are planning or considering a shift to a four-day work week in the next two years, compared to 37% across Southeast Asia.

Additionally, 27% of employers in Singapore do not plan to introduce any new work arrangements.

The primary reason for this reluctance is that 72% of employers find the implementation challenging and worry about employee dissatisfaction.

There were also concerns like fewer potential pay rises (33%) and increased productivity being short-lived, affecting the decision to implement a four-day work week set-up.

The majority (93%) of Singaporean professionals, however, still want their employer to try a four-day work week.

They are even willing to give up work social events (64%) or work two additional hours a day across the work week (46%) to achieve a four-day work week with the same pay.