San Francisco startup Bolt permanently switches to 4-day work week

Within a month, the San Francisco startup says it saw a surge in productivity.
Thursday, January 6, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco tech start-up, Bolt, is making a change meant to ease the workload for staffers.

Bolt is now permanently switching to a four-day work week.
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The company started with the idea back in October, when it began testing the new schedule.

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Within a month they saw a surge in productivity.
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Ninety-five percent of the workforce wanted to keep working four days a week.

Bolt's CEO, Ryan Breslow, calls the traditional 5-day work week, "work theater."

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