Could 2026 be the year of the 4-day workweek? Here’s what business leaders have said about the shift

Business titans from Elon Musk to Bill Gates made bold predictions that the workweek will soon be reduced to four days—or shorter.

But alongside those concerns came a more hopeful idea: that technology could turbocharge productivity so much so that the traditional five-day, 9-to-5 workweek may no longer make sense. And it’s just not burnt-out employees floating the idea of skipp… [4468 chars]

Source: Fortune | Published: 2026-01-02T09:02:00Z

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