Microsoft’s ‘working less’ boosts sales

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 06, 2019 12:09 am

TOKYO: In a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan trialed a radical idea: working less. And it found that four-day weeks and other reforms both boosted sales and cut costs.

The Japanese unit of the US information technology (IT) giant closed its offices every Friday in August, giving all 2,300 full-time workers special leave.

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