Regardless of the deadlines and hectic holidays, the crew at massive is ready to come collectively and assist one another out when wanted.
“I’m beginning to really feel the stress, however I went to my crew and we problem-solved collectively,” an worker stated. “I feel it’s a terrific alternative for all of us to work collectively to streamline our processes and hand-offs.”
Lesson #2: Holidays are bizarre
No, we’re not speaking about your bizarre aunts and uncles who’ve sturdy opinions about politics on the Thanksgiving dinner desk.
The way in which holidays work for the 4DWW Problem is that they exchange the day that an worker would usually have for his or her time without work. For instance, since July 4th fell on a Tuesday this 12 months, everybody took that time without work as an alternative of both Monday or Friday.
When this occurs, it requires much more shuffling of individuals’s schedules — which might show to be extremely disruptive to workflow, to not point out sucking the wind out of what would usually be a day individuals regarded ahead to.
“This week was bizarre with the vacation being on a Tuesday,” one worker wrote. “It was very disjointed and felt like I had two Mondays. Not a fan of the mid-week vacation, it appeared so as to add extra stress than something and I actually didn’t really feel like I had a vacation in any respect.”
“I feel the vacation with its [out of offices] made issues trickier than typical,” one other wrote. “When a process entails a number of handoffs, it turns into actually difficult. This was a difficulty round holidays earlier than 4DWW, however it simply added another day to juggle round.”
Lesson #3: 4DWW is a robust motivator
4DWW stays an extremely potent motivator even 7 weeks in. Not solely is it serving to staff keep on observe with their duties and tasks every day, however it’s additionally infusing a way of delight into some individuals’s work that they haven’t essentially felt earlier than.
“The 4-day workweek makes me really feel precious. Not simply one other ass in a seat doing work, however somebody who’s made to really feel like their relaxation and stress stage is vital to the corporate,” one worker stated. “That’s an organization I wish to work for, and it makes me do even MORE of my greatest after I’m working.”
“It’s a motivator to get stuff carried out, so that you’re not serious about it on the weekend,” one other worker added.
It is a widespread chorus. Even when there may be lots of work, the corporate needs to work collectively to ensure it’s carried out so everybody can get pleasure from their time without work.