Are tech cities around the world actually working for 4 days?

Many technology cities around the world are experimenting with a 34 day workweek, especially in cities where tech companies and startups are concentrated, who consider working less every day but maintaining the same results as tools to attract good people and improve quality of life.

Why do tech cities dare to work 34 days?
Cities with high tech industries often face the same problems: competition for top talent, hard-working workers, risk of fire and expensive city living costs.

Reducing the number of working days but focusing on hourly output instead allows companies to offer better living conditions without having to raise a pay rise.

A study of hybrid work that allowed employees to stay in the office for 3 days found that unemployment was reduced by about a third and job performance did not deteriorate.

Employees report improved balance, increased satisfaction and recommendations for more work to others suggest that a policy of cutting down on day or office hours has an impact on people's well-being and health.

From 5 days to 4 days and 3 days of imagination.
Many countries have gone from a trial of 4 days to a new standard, which is an important step before seriously thinking about 3 days.

A major European study suggests that working four days (actually less hours, not more than 4 long days) helps with mental health without reducing productivity and in some cases improves efficiency.

The popular model is the 100-80-100 formula: 100% paid, 80% working regularly but keeping results at 100%.

As the organization got used to working 3236 hours a week, the idea that 5 days of work should always be five days was questioned and opened up space for three days a week in some professions or cities.

Countries and cities that actually started moving
The following examples are countries and cities that have a clear movement to reduce working hours, mostly based on the use of high-tech technology as an experimental base.

Country/city	The position.	Details of the route
Iceland (Reykjavik) is the most populous country in the world.	Wide-ranging use.	Try 20152019 and then expand to 86% of factories into a system that shortened working hours in many cases by about 3536 hours/week.4dayjobThe first one is +1.
Belgium (Brussels)	Right to work for 4 days	The law allows employees to work four days but a total of 40 hours (about 10 hours per day) for flexible tech/service jobs.4dayjobThe first one is +1.
The United Kingdom (London, various tech cities)	Private drivers are involved.	More than 200 companies are participating in the real-time 4 day hour reduction model, many of which are tech startups and digital agencies.
สปาน (Madrid, Barcelona)	State-funded projects.	Funding for a 32 hour/week trial company focused on the tech and innovative industries in major cities.
Australia (Sydney, Melbourne) is located in the heart of Sydney.	A large-scale trial is underway.	By 2024, 150+ companies will participate in a 32-hour/week pilot of 100-80-100 models with data-rescue capabilities.
New Zealand	Private life is just beginning.	Tech Corporation was an early adopter of 4 days a week and became the subject of many surveys worldwide.
Ireland is a country.	The national program is a project of the National Council.	There is a 4-day lead-in program focusing on tech and service companies that are ready to change performance measurement models.
Japan (Tokyo) is the place to be.	State funding, test towns and other facilities.	The government supported the company to reduce testing for a short week, and Tokyo began using a 4-day model with some employees in order to reduce overwork problems and improve quality of life.
Germany (Berlin, Munich)	The trade unions are pushing for a new one.	Some sections have reduced hours to close to 35 hours per week and are required to test a 4-day model with particular attention from the tech giant.
The UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi)	The policy is 4 5 days	The federal government uses the system 4-5 days a week from 2022 to give business cities more appeal in the eyes of working people around the world

Although most of the time it stops at 4 days, one step that is much talked about is 3 days in the office + 2 days at home or 3 full-time work+ extra/freelance projects self designed.

This makes it possible to imagine a life working 3 days/week in combination with routine work, long distance work and extra income.

A three-day hybrid research project funded by the idea of a short week's worth of urban development.
A study published in the journal Nature on keeping employees at work just three days a week found:

The hybrid employee layoff rate dropped by a third compared to the group that had to go into full-time office for five days.

9D performance, such as results, innovation and soft skills are no less than a full-time office worker.

For a tech city, having such a database enables governors, cities, local politicians and large corporations to make policy moves like setting up an innovative economic zone that supports companies to spend short working weeks in exchange for tax or marketing benefits.

As cities brand themselves as the city of worklife balance, they attract digital talent from around the world to remote or hybrid work and add a more human-like image to their tech town.

The future of a city that works 3 days a week
The concept of a full three-day workweek is being discussed in ideas and analytical articles, often linked to 3 main factors: AI, automation and the digital economy.

As AI becomes more routine, cities may design a new system: to give humans three days of focus on the work that requires creativity, design and decision-making; another four days for families, communities, learning and business development.

Labor analysts note that people who work fewer days are usually happier, but productivity is not as low as they once worried.

The good news is that the tech city that dares to test for 4 days today is a top candidate to be the first city in the world to seriously test a 3-day model in the future when technology and testing databases are ready.