4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers' Productivity By 40%, Microsoft Japan Says

Because of the shorter workweek, the company also put its meetings on a diet. The standard duration for a meeting was slashed from 60 minutes to 30 — an approach that was adopted for nearly half of all meetings. In a related cut, standard attendance at those sessions was capped at five employees. In a blog post announcing the plan in July, Microsoft Japan said there was often no reason for meeting