. Fuel is based in Plymouth, Devon, and provides company insights ( Fuel Communications) Martyn King, managing director of Fuel, said the trial started in early October - meaning they are three weeks in - and will run until March 2023. It follows three months of consultations between the business and its workforce and clients. Fuel has been working with Portcullis Legals which became the first business in the country to adopt a four day week. The legal firm became the first in the country to receive a Gold Standard four-day week employer accreditation from the 4 Day Week Campaign after the switch in May 2019. Martyn (far left) said the trial will last for six months ( Fuel Communications) Mr King said: "It's certainly boosted morale in the office, we're now in our third week of it. "There definitely was a period of adjustment though, we prepared well for it - but people are starting to adjust from working a five day working pattern to four. "It's going well, but of course it is a big adaptation from the five day model people have worked their entire careers. "We've increased our opening hours across the week for our clients, because we provide a lot of ecommerce work it's quite important to have people on hand al){kind=link}
Martyn King, managing director of Fuel, said the four-day working week trial started in early October – meaning they are three weeks in – and will run until March 2023
A company boss has introduced a four-day week for his staff without cutting their pay.
The shift in working hours is part of a trial for employees at marketing firm Fuel, based in Plymouth, Devon.
The only trade-off is staff now have to start work at 8am, working until the usual 5pm.
This is a longer day compared to their previous hours, but still marks a loss of three hours per week.