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    FRIDAY ON HIS MIND

    Apr 22, 2020 4 minutes
    BY ANNIE GRAY

    It’s well documented that most workers are only truly productive for a few hours each day. The much-publicised move by Perpetual Guardian to a four-day-week, with its 230 staff being paid for five, actually saw productivity rise.

    But if you think a shortened work week is something only the big boys can offer, think again.

    Mark Fisher, owner of Eighty4 Recruitment, introduced a trial Freedom Friday or nine-day fortnight for his 11 staff about six months ago and, when NZBusiness spoke to him in March, was just about ready to make it permanent. Half the staff take one Friday off, with the other half taking the following Friday.

    Eighty4 specialises in recruitment for the engineering, surveying, transport, planning, construction and design sectors

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