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Employers across the country including retirement homes, hospitals and car centres, are implementing the change

Sweden is moving to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase productivity and make people happier.

Employers across the country have already made the change, according to the Science Alert website, which said the aim was to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives.

Toyota centres in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, made the switch 13 years ago, with the company reporting happier staff, a lower turnover rate, and an increase in profits in that time.

Filimundus, an app developer based in the capital Stockholm, introduced the six-hour day last year.

“The eight-hour work day is not as effective as one would think," Linus Feldt, the company’s CEO told Fast Company.

"To stay focused on a specific work task for eight hours is a huge challenge.  In order to cope, we mix in things and pauses to make the work day more endurable.  At the same time, we are having it hard to manage our private life outside of work."

Mr Feldt has said staff members are not allowed on social media, meetings are kept to a minimum, and that other distractions during the day are eliminated -  but the aim is that staff will be more motivated to work more intensely while in the office.

He said the new work day would ensure people have enough energy to pursue their private lives when they leave work – something which can be difficult with eight-hour days.

“My impression now is that it is easier to focus more intensely on the work that needs to be done and you have the stamina to do it and still have the energy left when leaving the office,” Mr Feldt added.

According to Science Alert, doctors and nurses in some hospitals in the country have even made the move to the six-hour day.

A retirement home in Gothenburg made the six-hour switch earlier this year and is conducting an experiment, until the end of 2016, to determine whether the cost of hiring new staff members to cover the hours lost is worth the improvements to patient care and boosting of employees’ morale.

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Patlal said:

How amazing is that?

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"To stay focused on a specific work task for eight hours is a huge challenge."

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Prisoner#1 said:

Patlal said:

How amazing is that?

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"To stay focused on a specific work task for eight hours is a huge challenge."

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how amazing is it that an entire country has ADHD

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how amazing is it that because of a few slackers the entire country is taking home  a smaller paycheck

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Patlal said:

Prisoner#1 said:

Patlal said:

How amazing is that?

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"To stay focused on a specific work task for eight hours is a huge challenge."

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how amazing is it that an entire country has ADHD

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how amazing is it that because of a few slackers the entire country is taking home  a smaller paycheck

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Or maybe they are giving them more per hour to keep the same salary?

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so they force employers to pay more and get less, this cost a company which can
put them in bankruptcy, they lose the business, the 100+ employees at each
company lose their jobs and soon half the country is out of work which gives
everyone more leisure time... sounds like a win/win

Prisoner#1 said:

Patlal said:

Or maybe they are giving them more per hour to keep the same salary?

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so they force employers to pay more and get less, this cost a company which can
put them in bankruptcy, they lose the business, the 100+ employees at each
company lose their jobs and soon half the country is out of work which gives
everyone more leisure time...

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Patlal said:

the government's bankrupciy followed by years of anarchy

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thebitterbuffalo26 said:

I don't see what's so wrong with living your life and spending time with, and depending more on, family and friends than a job. I'm not a Mercedes guy. Volvo is good enough for me and my family.

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CHeifM4sterDiezL said:

they can hire more ppl part time n shit i mean it actually makes more sense in this day n age the work day is 24 hr so to split it up by 6 makes more ssense to me plus productivity will go up when you treat people fairly and let them have more time to really be on point when they are in the office deadlines are still deadlines and all this. the people who live on that tight of budget can get another job this is 2015 booo hoo i cant afford to live on one job guess what the company is never onna care about your feelings or your family or your little problems you whine about so get that shit riht out of your head its 2015 jesus.

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CHeifM4sterDiezL said:

like if you actually look at it people dick off like 75% of the time anyway especially in corparate jobs. People will get the same amount done in the 6 hours for cheaper but its still a stupid law to mandate.

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People sound lazy as fuck where you come from

That shit wouldn't fly down here.