Samsung Electronics offers 4-day workweek to employees

[Korea JoongAng Daily SOHN DONG-JOO] (전략) The call for fewer working hours is stronger from younger generations, whereas the older generation and the self-employed are against the change. 

Of those in their 20s and 30s surveyed by Hankook Research in 2021 about the four-day weekday, 73 percent and 70 percent, respectively, said they were in favor of a shorter workweek. In contrast, 65 percent of those above 60 and 61 percent of the self-employed opposed it. 

Of the 1,000 people in total surveyed by the research firm, 51 percent said they were in favor of the change, but 64 percent said they will not choose to work fewer hours if their salary shrinks because of the reduced working hours. (후략)

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