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The technology additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking Microsoft has said it successfully trialed a four-day additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking week in Japan, which saw improvements in workers' productivity and job additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking. The trial took place over the summer at the tech giant's additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking in Tokyo. Employees were given every Friday off as paid additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking in August. The company monitored the effects a three-day additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking would have on workers' performance. Company executives said the shorter working week resulted in additional additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking. Productivity rose by 40 per cent and 92 per cent of employees expressed their satisfaction with the additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking. The trial could lead to a change in Japan's additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking workplace practices of long hours and lots of additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking.

Microsoft called the trial the Work-Life Choice Challenge. The company said it aimed, "to create an additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking where each employee can choose a diverse and additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking way of working according to the additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking of their work and life". Other additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking of the trial included shortening the length of meetings to a maximum of 30 minutes and encouraging workers to choose additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking chats over face-to-face ones. There were additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking advantages to the trial. Microsoft said that 23 per cent additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking electricity was consumed and 59 per cent additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking pages were printed compared with August 2018. Microsoft will conduct additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking experiment in Japan later this year and has asked employees for their additionalanotheraspectsbenefitscircumstancescompanyenvironmentfewerflexibleheadquartersinfamousinputleavelessonlineovertimesatisfactionschemeweekendworking.