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38% want to have sex at work

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At this point, we are clear that the Z generation conceives working and personal life from a very different perspective How previous generations did. For newcomers to the labor market, the balance between work and private life not only includes a better balance between working and personal lifea survey reveals that it also seeks to normalize sex in the office, something that until recently was taboo in the professional environment. Teleworking made everything easier. A survey Prepared by Edubirdie, he asked 2,000 young people from generation Z about how their sexual relations were in the current context of change of teleworking model just around the office. 47% of respondents assured that teleworking He had improved his sex life. Being at home, they could better combine their sexual encounters with the workday. On the other hand, 36% said that the return to the office was going to harm their sexual life because they were going to lose that time flexibility for coincide with their partners. In contrast, 14% said just the opposite, that working from home had reduced their sexual encounters. 37% confessed that teleworking had not changed anything in their sexual life. We do not know if that is good or bad. Return to the complicated office. Daily displacements have not turned out the hardest From the return to the office. 30% of the young people surveyed said that having to go to the office conditions the schedule For their sexual encounters and forces them to schedule their sexual appointments in advance, while 70% are not worried in this regard and prefers to leave these experiences at random of the moment. On the contrary, 29% of the youth of the Z generation they have responded, consider that coinciding with other colleagues around the work environment Increase your options To have sex. Greater social interaction. The data show that 42% of respondents feel more confident and attractive when flirting with their classmates while working, while 18% confess that the socialization options provided by the face -to -face contact helps them to lift the mood. On the other hand, being out of home and away from their partners can also impact on their sexual appetite. As for frequency, 40% of young employees do not expect changes with the return to face -to -face work, while 16% claim to be too much Tired when you return home And that reduces the number of relationships. 20% confirms that going to the office does not share so long with their partner, which reduces the time they dedicate to having appointments. “Private” spaces in the office. However, the most surprising fact of the study is that a wide 38% of the young people would want to have a private space in the office for intimate meetings or, say, “Self -care“ This indicates that, to attract and retain younger workers, companies must offer more than free fruit or coffee. The paradox: they are the least “affectionate” generation. Beyond the sexual aspirations demonstrated by the participants in this survey, the paradoxical is that Other previous studies They have shown that gene generation maintains less sexual relations that the previous generations. According to the data collected by the National Family Growth Survey (NSFG) that is carried out periodically, asexuality shot between 2017 and 2023. The data suggests that 10% of men and 7% of women between 22 and 34 years old, that is, of generation Z, never have had sex. 24% of men and 13% of women in that age strip did not maintain sexual relations in the last yearfigures that are much higher than a decade ago with 8% and 9% respectively. If the abstinence period is limited to the last three months, 35% of men and 31% of women say they have not had sexual encounters. Sexuality without taboús. The data of both studies lead to think that although it is possible that generation Z can have less sexual activity than previous generations, seeks to integrate sexuality into their lives at all levels (including the work environment) in an open way, reflecting a deep cultural change. However, the normalization of sex at work can contribute to setbacks in the fight against sexual harassment in the workplace that still records very worrying levels. In Xataka | Norway is giving 2,500 euros in tax cuts to its young people. In return they have to work Image | Unspash (Luke Miller)

Germany believes having found the most German solution to its productivity problems: work more

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Germany has been considered for decades as The economic locomotive from Europe. However, currently It crosses a crisis that has surprised analysts and experts. The model that allowed the country to prosper with reduced working hours and shoot its productivity, seems to have reached its limit. German leaders They look for new formulas To recover lost growth and have found a possible solution: work more. Germany works little. In recent months, the economic debate has intensified without the German responsible having found the key to getting out of the economic stagnation. However, from the business circles of Bavaria, southeast of Germany, they point out that it could be something as simple as increasing annual work hours. The formula: eliminating one of the religious holidays of the German calendar. According to published the newspaper Welt, Federal Foreign Minister Friedrich Merz would agree with this statement: “In this country we have to work more and, above all, more efficiently,” said the president in a few words that Later he clarified “But in Germany we have groups, especially among the youngest generation, which work a lot.” They have tried everything. The pilot tests of the four -day work week They have not achieved the Productivity impulse that the country needs. Foreign Minister Merz recently warned: “With the four -day week and the balance between professional and personal life we ​​will not be able to maintain the prosperity of this country,” declared The German Chancellor to I monde. This statement has generated discomfort in a society that has always been considered hardworking and disciplined. For decades, German workers have enjoyed shorter working hours compared to other European countries, especially those in the south. This situation was justified by high productivity and added value of German products and services, which allowed “doing a lot.” However, the economy fails to take off and the government now points to “lack of work” and “preference for leisure” as factors that are ballasting economic growth. Eliminate holidays. Before this panorama, some voices of the business have proposed concrete measures to increase the working time Without increasing working days daily, which in many cases are already more than 40 hours due to the enormous load of overtime. According to published BildBertram Brossardt, general director of the Bavarian Business Association, suggested to eliminate, at least one of the holidays that the Germans have. “Easter Monday, Monday of Pentecost and San Esteban. My colleagues in France and Italy are constantly surprised that we have those free days. Removing one of those free days would greatly benefit the German economy and would not mean a heavy burden for employees,” said Brossardt, adding that “religious festivities should not be taboo in the debate.” The data support it. The proposal is not just symbolic. Christoph Schröder Researcher at the German Economic Institute (IW) He maintains that Eliminating a holiday could increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Germany by up to 8,600 million euros. According to published The avant -gardeMichael Hüther, director of the IW, gave as an example the case of Denmark, which had recently eliminated a holiday “that was an additional income of 400 million to the state budget,” said the economist. The problem is that all federal states in the country, regardless of setting their own holidays, should agree to abolish it. Germany to the tail at hours worked. Brossardt’s arguments rely on blunt data. In 2023, a German employee worked an annual average of 1,343 hours, which is 92 hours less than in Austria, 186 hours less than in Switzerland and 391 hours less than in Italy, According to OECDE data. “We are not productive enough. If we want to be competitive, we have to return to work more!” said The businessman to the newspaper Bild. Despite these figures, Germany is not the country with more holidays. On average, the Germans enjoy 9 national holidays, although in some southern regions such as Bayern, Basen-Württemberg or Saarland can reach 12 holidays. In comparison, Austria and Malta enjoy thirteen holidays. In Spain, the usual are twelve, with some autonomous communities such as Catalonia, Community Valencian and Navarra add 13 holidays; Ceuta has 14 holidays a year, while the Canary Islands conform to 11 days. Average weekly hours worked in each country The problem is not the days. Such and as he published The confidentialsome experts do not believe that eliminating a holiday is the solution for the German economy, but that the country must face a change in its labor market to recover the productivity of yesteryear. Germany is the second European country where less hours work a week in full -time jobs, and the figure drops even more if the Part -time contracts. According to official dataone in two women works part -time in Germany. Therefore, some economists propose Encourage the incorporation of women to the full -time labor market and facilitate the arrival of more foreign workers to relieve the shortage of qualified labor. The key, according to these experts, is a deep review of the German labor market to adapt to the new challenges economic and demographic that supposes the Agence of the active population. In Xataka | Some researchers have analyzed the working day in Spain: the same thing that 40 years ago is worked, but in worse jobs Image | Unspash (Mashkumar Painam, Spencer Davis)

Chatgpt is fallen worldwide. OpenAi chatbot does not work or does it erratically

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If in the last hours you have tried to use Chatgpt You have probably found that this chatbot did not work or did it erratically, with answers that took a long time to arrive. It is not surprising: Chatgpt is practically fallen worldwide. Openai’s own ones confirmed this on their service status page, where they indicate that “we are experiencing problems” both in their APIs and in Chatgpt and in their video generation AI, Sora. According to the company’s information, there is a “high error rate”, but it has also been indicated that they have “identified the cause in which the problem lies”, and they are “working to implement a solution.” The cuts in the service have been producing about six hours during which it was possible He did not answer, or showed a mistake – “Too many concurrent requests,” for example – or answered but after a long wait. It is true that errors are not absolute and some users can access the service and use it apparently normal, but the truth is that the problem is affecting service users regardless of the geographical region in which they are found. The problem is also doubly serious because not only the conventional chatgpt service for users is fallen, but also its apiswhich are used by all types of third parties services and then apply the functions of ChatgPT all types of scenarios, such as assistance chats or company chats. In Xataka | You thought to be navigating in unknown and erasing cookies on your Android mobile. Goal I saw everything you did

There are people recommending to sew the leg on albal paper. There is zero evidence to work

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From vinegar with bicarbonate to garlic under the pillow, home remedies have been for generations a popular resource for calming pain and treating discomfort. Today, those beliefs travel faster than ever: they have passed from the whisper between neighbors to the Tiktok algorithm. Between viral recipes and striking promises, there is one that stands out for how strange it is: wrapping body parts with aluminum foil to relieve pain. The phenomenon. On platforms such as Tiktok and Instagramthe tips that recommend using aluminum foil on the body to relieve pain or improve circulation have become viral. Often these publications are presented as secrets that conventional medicine He doesn’t want to reveal. Some people claim that the effect is more powerful if combined With ointments like Vicks Vaporubwhile others simply describe it as a “natural remedy”. The trend has caught so much attention that various digital media echoed, either to explain How has it popularized either Explain how to do it without major contrast. It is another example of how contents without scientific basis propagate easily thanks to short videos, personal testimonies and a language that sounds convincing. Hence half the world, stunning the leg on aluminum foil there is only one scroll away. The science behind this. There is no scientific evidence that supports the use of aluminum foil to relieve pain. Only in an investigation Published in Journal of Inflammation Research The use of different materials between this aluminum is mentioned, but the conclusion is that it has no therapeutic effects proven in humans. It is mentioned that the relief that some people They claim to experiment It is probably due to the placebo effect. For his part, Dr. Ubaid Ur Rahman, in statements to Thip Media, It is clear about it: “I want to clarify the confusion about a recent statement that wrapping body parts with aluminum foil can relieve pain. This is not backed by scientific evidence.” And add an important warning: “Using aluminum foil can be harmful, since it can cause tissue damage and allergic reactions. It is essential not to delay proper treatment or replace it with unseed methods.” A relief that is not. The placebo effect can explain part of these experiences. From Harvard Health They explain that it is not about “positive thinking”, but a response from the body that can relieve symptoms when we believe we are receiving a treatment. But that does not turn aluminum foil, nor justify its use as a substitute for medicine. Belief can generate a temporary improvement, but the risk is in what is stopped in the meantime. He no longer catches us by surprise. In social networks, other trends are not to be amplified that, under the pretext of “natural”, are implying real risks. Such as Apple vinegar consumption As a “morning suck”, promoted as “fat burning” or “purifying”, which ends up damaging tooth enamel and causing gastrointestinal irritations. Another example is the fashion of Eat placenta After childbirth, which has gained popularity in some circles even though there is no evidence of benefits and sanitary warnings. The amplification. In social networks, remedies are amplified quickly, many times without filter or context. Some may have a valid background; Others, such as the use of aluminum foil against pain, lack scientific support and can distract effective treatments. The key is to discern: question, contrast and, above all, not replace evidence with virality. Informing well is also a way to take care of yourself. Image | Tik tok Xataka | The industry that wants to sell “youth” powder: how collagen has become a global obsession

Enroll an old car as a historical to circulate in Madrid or Barcelona seems like a great idea. He does not always work

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If you are thinking of entering Madrid with a vehicle without sticker, we have bad news: Since January 1, 2024 You can’t move through the capital unless you are a neighbor. And, it remains to be seen, if you can do next year because the intention was to prevent it this year but the City Council ended back. Nor can you do it in Barcelona at any time. Specifically, a vehicle without environmental label cannot circulate through the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona (AMB) Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In order to do so, you must ask for an authorization with, at least 24 hours in advance and may not do so more than 24 days a year. Although there are more low -emission areas in Spain (ZBE) and, in fact, we should have restrictions on all municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants. The truth is that only Madrid and Barcelona apply Hard restrictions. The rest of Spanish cities barely restrict access to a small part of them. In parallel, a door was opened to those who have a car without sticker. “What if I do historical?” The reason must be sought in the new Historical Vehicle Regulation, which allows these vehicles circulating through the ZBE … although there are important nuances to take into account. A historical vehicle for my zbe … more or less When the new one was taken a few months ago Historical Vehicle Regulations It was specified that there would be no City Council or any other institution that could prevent the movement of these cars. In fact, the following was specified: “The new regulation urges the municipalities to, in the exercise of their powers for the regulation of urban roads and for the restriction of circulation to certain vehicles in these roads for environmental reasons, establish formulas in their municipal ordinances that allow circulation to those owners who make a sporadic or non -common use of their historical vehicles.” However, aware of the implications that this could have, the following was also specified: “The use of historical vehicles will be occasional and in no case as a means of daily transport to minimize their environmental impact, and the use of historical vehicles to make public transport of travelers or merchandise and for agricultural activities or works and services is generally prohibited.” For the government, that “occasional use” has a number: 96 days a year. But with this figure an obvious question also arises: how are you controlled these 96 days a year? No one knows it and the regulation itself does not collect it. Thus, there are those who have had an idea. If I can use the historical car 96 days a year It means that I can circulate eight days every month with the vehicle. It is possible that, if we do not go to the city center every day because, for example, we telework, those eight days a month are more than enough to cover our tickets to Madrid or Barcelona. In fact, if we discount the month of vacation, we almost added one more day to each month. Taking into account that, right now, cars without label They add up to 25 years in the case of gasoline, you don’t have to go much further back to have a historical vehicle. Of course, you must meet the following requirement, as specified in Motorpasion: “To have been manufactured or enrolled for the first time 30 years ago, having stopped producing its specific type and being in its original state, without having undergone any fundamental change in its main characteristics or components. As a novelty, it is also required that they are in a correct state of maintenance and conservation.” That is, whoever wants to access the city center can be made with a car that has been enrolled before 1995. A second generation Seat Ibiza, for example, but it cannot have been subjected to fundamental changes or replace its main components. That said, can we circulate with him through the great Spanish Zbe? Well, in Madrid, technically, we can because the Municipal Mobility Ordinance that includes all the information related to Madrid 360 invites us to circulate with such a vehicle. Of course, you have to take some things into account: We cannot park in regulated parking areas since no label without label can do it. If we access more than 96 times a year (access controls it) we can be playing a fine since when it comes to registering it as a historical one, a responsible statement in which we promise not to move the car more than 96 days a year. The fine for not complying is 200 euros (100 euros with soon payment) which is reflected in the Traffic law, motor vehicle circulation and road safetyin its article 76 Z3. In Barcelona, ​​the matter is more confusing. At the moment, nothing has been approved that allows the entry of historical vehicles in the ZBE of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona in the restricted schedule only to cars without stickers. It is known that has been working on it But nothing has been completed. The problem is that, as with the obligation to have a ZBE in all municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, the new regulation urges the municipalities to specify in their mobility ordinances the passage to these vehicles through their restricted areas but does not establish a term or punishment If this is not carried out. When lifting Zbe’s own we have already lived what happens when this happens. A good part of the municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants have not carried out these changes and an important part has barely restricted access to a few streets or, like Seville, to areas of very little affectation by traffic. Photo | In Xataka | DGT tags: what sticker corresponds to me and what advantages or restrictions I will find

get to work

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The labor shortage and the Youth unemployment reduction They are two common problems to Many countries in Europebut also from the world in general. Norway is studying a formula to end both of a single blow: a fiscal lottery to encourage your young people Millenials and generation Z get to work. The measure, which is raised as a large -scale experiment, could mark the way in the way in which countries address Youth employment. A tax raffle for young people. Jens Stoltenberg, Minister of Finance, and Tonje Brenna, Minister of Labor, have put on the table an unorthodox fiscal measure to foster the employment among the youngest. Its plan consists in carrying out a raffle between the population between 20 and 35 years, in which 100,000 people will be randomly selected to receive a tax reduction of up to 27,500 Norwegian crowns per year, which is equivalent to about 2,512 euros. According to He explained The Ministry of Finance, the objective is to analyze whether a reduction in the fiscal invoice can motivate young people to leave the well -being system and encourage them to find a job. “The Norwegian government wants more people to work and less people receive social benefits,” The minister declared to Newsweekadding that the initiative seeks to “gather more knowledge about the effects of a fiscal loan on work to assess whether it could be an effective measure to increase labor supply.” Shortage of labor and low youth participation.As is other countries in the world, Norway faces a significant shortage of labor in several sectors. However, a considerable part of its youth is not incorporated into the labor market. According to data From the EURES European Labor Portal, only 60.3% of the Z generation in Norway has a job, which means that more than one in three young people is outside the labor market. The last Active Population Survey DataA in Norway reveals a unemployment rate in April 2025 is 4.3%, (in front of the 11.36% of Spain), while the Youth unemployment Between 15 and 24 years it is 12.8%. The INE dataThey point out that youth unemployment among children under 25 in Spain is 26.53%. The Norwegian experiment. The Norwegian proposal is raised as an experiment to study the effect of Fiscal incentives in employment policies. Therefore, the tax cut is raised as a tool that allows comparing the work behavior of young people who benefit from the fiscal exception to those who will not receive the incentive. “This will provide us with solid data on whether this fiscal deduction really promotes youth employment and how much more or less will those who already have a job work,” said the Ministry of Finance in an official statement. Reuters He informed that the experiment will have a cost for the Norwegian coffers of about 500 million crowns per year (about 45.7 million euros), which will leave the Global Government Pension Fund (GPFG) that manages the income that the country obtains by the exploitation of its gas and oil deposits. Debate on equality and redistribution. The measure has generated An intense debate In Norway, a country where equality and Redistribution of wealth Through taxes are fundamental values. The proposed fiscal cut will benefit only 8% of young workers, leaving the rest without changes, which has been criticized by some sectors as a source of inequality. Despite criticism, the government defends the initiative as a necessary and temporary experiment, which will last between three and five years, and that requires the previous approval of Parliament. If approved, the results of the investigation could influence future policies to encourage youth employment. As the Ministry of Finance has indicated, “depending on the results of the trial, it could increase the probability of implementing a fiscal credit for wider labor, provided that it is effective. However, greater knowledge could also lead to definitively discarding if the experiment does not have the desired effect.” In Xataka | Germany has successfully tested the vital basic income of 1,200 euros: they improved their training and changed jobs Image | Unspash (Julian Zwengel, Alina Belogolova)

The Catl battery factory in Aragon promised to generate thousands of work. At the moment, 2,000 Chinese will be left

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1,847 Chinese workers. That is the estimated figure that, according to The Aragon newspaperwill arrive in Figueruelas to lift the battery production plant for electric cars that Catl and Stellantis signed months ago. Then it was sold that some 3,000 jobs would be created but, for the moment, almost 2,000 employees will come from the Asian country. The data. The first time that the subject was discussed Chain ser Last May. Then it was pointed out that Catl would arrive in Figueruelas (Aragon) with more than 2,200 workers from China who will raise the new battery factory for Stellantis “, in the words of Mayor Luis Bertol. The figure, as we see, has clarified until it closes in the aforementioned 1,847 workers. The town faces a challenge, since those almost 2,000 workers would fold the current census of inhabitants that In 2024 it was estimated at 1,240 neighbors. Obviously, the vast majority of factory workers that Stellantis has in the municipality live in nearby towns and, above all, in near Zaragoza since they are currently accounted for about 5,000 regular employees in the property of the car manufacturer. A promise. The new factory that Catl and Stellantis will raise in Figueruelas will be The largest battery producer of electric cars from our country, even ahead of Volkswagen’s in Sagunto. Then it was announced that it arrived with an investment of 4.1 billion euros under the arm. But it was also promised that it would create 3,000 direct jobs. The figure leaves the declaration of general interest (say) approved by the Government of Aragon to open the doors to the express processing of the aid, as collected in December 2024 in The Spanish. “The noise is in the media”. Since the news was known, the coming and going of the numbers on Chinese workers has raised some dust. It is not clear why CATL needs to bring almost 2,000 Chinese workers to raise their factory. Nor if that work could have been left in the close environment or if knowledge is missing for it. Similarly, it has also been put on the table how Figueruelas will face its population. Bertol pointed to The Aragon newspaper that “noise is more in the media than among our neighbors.” Explain that the idea is to start prefabricated housing near the factory facilities. And he shields that there was already a similar situation in the 80s when General Motors lifted the Opel plant (which now belongs to Stellantis) in the town. Is it legal? According to The Aragon newspaperChinese workers who will arrive in Figueruelas will not be only operators that aim to lift the factory. Intermediate controls are expected and, of course, high -ranking controls. To do this, Catl will apply the framework of the Unity Law of large companies and strategic groups (Law 14/2013) Born to promote the arrival of these macroprojects after the 2008 crisis. This law is included, for example, the streamlining of residence permits for highly qualified workers. Is Chinese labor needed? “At the start you need people who, getting out of the plane, know what to do in that factory later.” Thus defends Bertol, mayor of Figueruelas, the arrival of these workers in the city. “You don’t have to get your hands to the head for this matter, it is a logical and normal process,” he explains to The Aragon newspaper. “Catl brings battery technology, which is also the best in the world market, and brings its machines and ways of working.” Without these workers it would not be the factory in motion although, yes, it is not said how long they are expected to maintain their work in the Aragonese town or if formations will be established to local workers. Other cases. Although striking, the case of Figueruelas is not exceptional either. Catl’s landing in Germany was similarwith investments that came from the hand of Chinese workers who could train local workers but, above all, they did Full performance What was lifting. Byd has worked similarly on his arrival in Hungary. And it is something that works in the two West-Oriente directions. Following the tariff war that the United States opened with all the countries of the world, the debate of Why Apple did not make its iPhone in the United States. Beyond costs, there was a simple reason: there is a lack of people formed. Photo | Stellantis and Catl In Xataka | Nissan pointed to the electric car as a future plan. It will fire 9,000 employees and prove Toyota

The greatest fear was that AI took our work. The reality is that they are replacing those who are learning to work

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In just a few weeks, thousands of students from generation Z will graduate in their respective careers with the hope of get that first job that allows them to start a professional career. However, the current panorama is increasingly complicated for those who seek their first job opportunity. The Difficulty accessing the labor market Not only does it come for the structural part of an economy shaking by Commercial uncertainty. The AI ​​is already beginning to assume tasks that until now carried out the Practices in practices or Junior employees, which traditionally served as an initial step for the newly graduates. The staircase has broken. As explained Aneesh Raman, responsible for Economic Opportunities of LinkedIn In an article for The New York Times“The first thing that is being broken is the lowest step of the professional staircase”, a trend that threatens to leave many young people without the possibility of learning and growing in their first years of career. As He predicted Fortune In 2024, the AI ​​already is doing your jobso there is no reason for companies to hire them. Currently, AI acts mainly as a support tool to lighten the workload of senior employees by automating routine tasks. In great technology, Like AmazonGoogle or Microsoft, are implemented to help their developers do administrative or generation tasks small code fragments. Tasks that until now were part of the learning process of Junior employees. The Z generation is already noticing it. Chris Hyams, CEO of Indeed, said in the Fortune‘S Workplace Innovation Summit that: “The good news is that there is no job that AI can perform all the skills required. This does not mean that it will not replace the workers, but the AI ​​cannot replace a complete job.” However, Hyams said that “in approximately two thirds of all works, 50% or more of the skills required are things that the current generative AI can do reasonably well, or very well.” This means that, although AI does not eliminate all positions, it does reduce the need to perform many basic tasks that used to train new employees. Youth unemployment data in the US. The implantation rhythm of AI in the business field is being faster in the United States than in other countries. According The published by The Atlantic, The New York Federal Reserve He warnedof an increase in unemployment among the newly graduates standing at 5.8% and 6.2% for younger workers. That is, something is happening in the entrance to the labor market. Although there is still no definitive evidence that AI is the only cause of the weakening of this link in the professional career of the youngest, the trend is clear: the opportunities to learn working from below are disappearing in the sectors where AI is being implemented faster, as companies Like Duolingo or Shopify They are adopting policies that reduce hiring options of the youngest to do those routine tasks if there is the possibility that they can make them an AI. Ask for qualified employees, but not form them. In parallel to the creation of this training wall imposed by automation, companies from all over the world denounce a growing shortage of qualified labor. According to recent European Union data collectedby Euronewsthe lack of experienced workers and advanced skills has become one of the main challenges for the economy. This phenomenon creates a paradox: as long as young people do not find opportunities to train in companies from their simpler processes, companies fail to cover their vacancies with qualified personnel. If this trend is consolidated, in a few years AI will not have left millions of workers without employment. In reality, it will have been the companies themselves who would have prevented the training of qualified personnel and with the necessary experience for supervise the work of AI that is developing. In Xataka | Founders of small startups and large technological ones already has something in common: they are millmillonarios thanks to the AI In Xataka | “Humans will not be necessary for most things”: Bill Gates does not believe that doctors and teachers have a future Image | Unspash (Mushvig Niftaliyev)

A company tested the four -day work week. Now your workers think it is best to work seven days

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The debate on the Reduction of the working day It is more alive than ever and many countries are reconsidering their working day model with alternatives such as four -day work week. Lumena small Cardiff SEO services consultant, tested the four -day work week obtaining outstanding results. However, his CEO, considered that the idea could still be improved, so he decided to go one step further and try a model even more flexible: Work seven days a week. From the four -day week to 32 hours. As Aced Nelmes, CEO of Lumen, counted In his LinkedIn profilethe company had changed its four -day workday for a 32 -hour. The difference can be underestimated, in that change the elimination of an important barrier is implicit: the company will not impose if its employees have to do those 32 hours In a certain number of days or at a certain schedule. It will be the employees themselves who decide when to work. According to his CEO, two years ago, Lumen implemented the four -day work week. The results exceeded all expectations: staff rotation fell to zero, productivity increased and employees felt more rested and committed. According to Nelmes, “our workers reported to be happier, have better health and be more productive.” But the model It could be improved. Seven days to meet your day. “The idea of ​​the 32 -hour week is to go further in the flexibility offered by the four days,” Nelmes explained. In the system proposed by Lumen, the only condition is that employees meet their projects and objectives, managing their time with total autonomy. Nelmes clarified in statements to The confidential that “what I require is a lot of self -discipline, capacity for concentration, self -regulation, initiative and independence.” The company seeks workers capable of directing their own time and offering the best of themselves. “I think we microstal the day -to -day life of our workers, we assume what kind of day they should have to be productive. My argument is that it is not, we do not know, and we need to delegate that decision in each individual,” said the young manager to El Confidencial. The exception: meetings and training. According to The publishedby him Financial Timesthe only exception to the total flexibility of Lumen is the time that the company dedicates to Team meetings in which the mandatory projects and formations are defined. Together, the CEO ensures that they do not exceed three hours per week. This guarantees the connection and coordination of the team without sacrificing individual autonomy. For all others each of the employees distributes their work week with total labor flexibility and No entry or exit schedules. Results and surprises. During the three months of proof of this new flexibility model, Nelmes observed that, in reality, the employees did not make major changes in their schedules. Most had routines similar to conventional ones, adapting only small details to enjoy personal activities. “People like to have routines and structure, so many … still prefer to move within a standard schedule,” explained the CEO to The confidential. The flexibility had limited itself to adapting their working hours to certain personal activities (playing sports, medical appointments, etc.) or to coincide with The schedules of their childrenand then recover that time at another time of the week. According to Nelmes, the most extreme case is that of one of its employees, who took advantage of that flexibility to adjust their rest days during the week according to the climate or their personal needs. Then, I worked on Sunday, because it was the time when I found greater concentration and less interruptions. Flexibility with clear values ​​and limits. As has counted The CEO, this model does not imply total disconnection of the company. Lumen takes great care of your team to ensure that everyone shares Commitment values and responsibility. “We would not hire someone who only wanted to work 16 hours in two days,” says Nelmes. In fact, the manager assures that they have had to leave people who did not adapt to this level of freedom and demand. The objective is to allow employees to have enough flexibility in their workday to be carried out as people and take care of their familieswhich also helps them save in nurseries, cleaning or extracurricular activities. According to Nelmes, “if you let your employees be good parents, they will also be good employees.” The company seeks to attract fathers and mothers, convinced that flexibility improves both productivity and the quality of life. An adaptable model, but not for all. Although the manager ensures that the results obtained by his staff have been positive, he acknowledges that this model is not viable or For all companies Not for all sectors. Consultants, banks, law firms or marketing companies can benefit from this approach since they allow combining the flexibility of teleworking with the organization by objectives. However, it acknowledges that it is a difficult implementation option in sectors such as the manufacturing industry, construction, the hospitality or tourismwhere physical presence and fixed schedules are inherent to the nature of work. In Xataka | Spain already has its first municipality with four -day work week. It is not in Madrid or Barcelona, ​​but in a corner of Cádiz In Xataka | Three Spanish companies tell us how it has gone after implementing a job utopia: the four -day week Image | Lumen

Valencia tested the four -day work week. A town of Cádiz of 1,355 inhabitants has been the first to implement it

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Zahara de la Sierra, a municipality of just 1,355 inhabitants in the province of Cádiz, has decided to step forward in the Organization of your work day and rise as the first session to adopt the four -day work week and face the challenge of the reduction of the day that is currently located Parliamentary process. Inspired by the pilot experience carried out in Valencia, the City Council of this picturesque Cadiz people have implemented the four -day work week For its municipal staff. The news has generated great expectation, not only for the novelty of the measure, but for the enthusiasm he has aroused among the employees themselves. Zahara de la Sierra adopts four days. The City of Zahara de la Sierra has decided to reduce the working day of its 32 public employees of the current 37.5 hours per week in five working days, to a 35 -hour day distributed in four days per week. Thus, this small population located in the limits of the Natural Park of the Sierra de Grazalema becomes the first public body to adopt that day model. The mayor’s initiative. The implementation of the four -day working hours arises at the initiative of the mayor, such as conciliation measure For public employees of your City Council. The reduction will be implemented voluntarily and will allow workers to fight one day a week, either on Monday or Friday, rotatingly. To complete the remaining hours until adding 35, they will have to work or on Tuesdays or Thursdays in the afternoon. As Mayor Santiago Galván explains in statements to The country: “It’s totally optional. If you have children, enter at 9, no and you like to get up early, enter at 7:30”. This flexibility aims to adapt to the conciliation needs of each employee without affecting the attention to the public that is covered five days a week by rotating shifts. “In the end, the work has to be as a goal, that of being encapsulated in hours is a fatal mistake. That does not benefit anyone, I prefer flexibility,” said the mayor. An agreement with the union support. Beyond being a pioneer initiative in public administration in Spain, the mayor has had the consensus of workers and the CSIF union, a majority in public administrations. According to collect Diario de Cádizthe officials union positively value the measure, considering it “the starting point for all local municipalities and entities to take it as an example.” Francisco Silvestre, head of Local Administration of CSIF Cádiz, explained that “municipal staff deserves the improvement of their working conditions, facilitating, among other issues, family conciliation; but also, by optimizing resources, citizenship care schedules can be expanded and, consequently, also improve the service offered”, so the measure will not only benefit employees, but also result in the citizenship. Learning others’ head. Despite being a pioneer initiative in a public organization, There are already private companies That they have adopted this model of day, so the Consistory can take advantage of that previous experience to solve possible problems that may arise. In addition, the pilot program of the four -day working hours that took place In Valenciaalready advances the benefits that can be expected in that small Gaditano municipality. The different tests performed all over the world They agree to aim an almost immediate improvement in the well -being of the workers, Reduction of labor casualties and an increase in commitment. In addition, a Fall in productivity attributable to the change in the working day model. Valencia and Iceland tests reported that the adoption of four -day work week encouraged local consumption and economy due to the increase in the free time of workers. These data reinforce the idea that four -day work week can be a viable and beneficial formula for different sectors, among which is the public sector, although it is not viable in all companies. In Xataka | Not everything is 38.5 hours a week: the formulas for a waiter or temporary to benefit from the reduction of day Image | Wikimedia Commons (80 km/h)

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