Fairway Homecare, a company that places carers into healthcare career opportunities, has successfully launched its four-day week for its head office staff, without any impact to its employees’ salaries.
With a nearly 40-strong team, Fairway Homecare made the decision to reduce working hours to four days a week instead of the traditional five-day working week to improve its employees’ work/life balance – and without cutting pay either! The positive impact has already been felt by the team, with 100% reporting that they’re happier in general and 90% feeling even more productive at work.
The new working practice is operating on a scheduled basis that is decided between the staff to ensure it works best for them, as well as the company’s valued clients.
Operations Director, Alex O’Neill, said: “We hoped that by introducing a four-day week it would inspire our staff to continue to work hard and achieve incredible results, whilst also allowing them to achieve a more realistic work/life balance and it seems as though this is already working! The atmosphere in the office is incredible and people are talking about how much they’re valuing that extra day off a week to run errands, look after their children or loved ones and just take some time for themselves.
“Being rewarded to be successful whilst you are working, and to enjoy your life when you are not, is at the centre of our thought process. We want people to be efficient with their time, be ambitious and hungry to achieve and know that if they really work hard when in the office or on duty, the benefits of the three-day weekend will become priceless.
“Our existing team has worked tirelessly through the COVID-19 pandemic and has enabled us to grow as a business, even in the most challenging of circumstances. Therefore, it is with their mental wellbeing, their attitude and their professionalism in mind that we are confident that this innovative change to our working practices will be a success for all and they deserve it after the last couple of years being so difficult.
“Following discussions with our staff, we made it clear that there would be no reduction in pay and overall, they will benefit from something like six weeks less work per person per year, which is not to be ignored and something our staff are very excited about!”
Please visit https://fairwayhomecare.co.uk/ to find out more.
