Disappointing Cavuto

Listening to Neil Cavuto do a piece praising the 4-day work week based on a British study that has shown that four days is somehow more productive than 5, and remote workers are more productive than those at the office. Really? Have those folks been on the roads at 2:00 in the afternoon on a workday?  I’m going to have to call him  on this one, he lacks the perspective to make such an endorsement. There’s no way workers are miraculously 25% more productive when literally left to their own devices: surrounded by kids, television, the refrigerator, PlayStation calling to them, and the dog at the door.  Not to mention that highly addictive cell phone burring on the dining room table. Decisions, decisions. Respond to the office email or check my watch list on eBay. And how exactly are they measuring productivity? It’s not manufacturing, so there’s no product to measure. Is this perhaps just more internet sleight of hand? In my experience, I have found my post-Covid attorneys, payroll specialists, customer service reps, insurance representatives, and accountants less responsive, more difficult to track down and speak to directly, and more content to communicate by email. It may be perceived as “work,” but to the consumer, it is less convenient, less timely, and certainly less efficient.