The four-day work week is a hit at UK companies where the test is being carried out.

Here’s what the data says, after completing three of six months of tests conducted by 70 companies across the country, in the largest pilot trial of the modality conducted to date. The sensation is so good, so much so most employers expect to maintain a 32-hour week without cutting wages after the pilot endssaid elEconomista.es.

A survey conducted by 4 Day Week Global, a test provider involving 3,300 workers in that country and another 2,000 in six other countries, showed that 88% of companies consider a four-day week to be “good” for your business so far.

In addition, for 46%, business productivity remained the same, 34% said “slightly increased” and 15% said “significantly increased”; when 95% of people work “better or the same”.

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The transition to the four-day model isn’t a problem either. For 78% the change is good. More specifically, when asked if the adaptation was a challenge (with 1 being very challenging and 5 being very smooth), 29% scored 5, 49% 4, and 20% set the transition at 3.

The record is high so far. so much of it 86% already considered it “very likely” or “possible” to maintain a four-day system with the same salary.

According to 4 Day Week Global, evidence and real-world examples show that employers moving to a four-day week increase productivity and lower costs (a 2021 Henley Business School study estimates that UK businesses would save a total of £104 billion per year if the four days a week were implemented across the workforce.