How a Shorter Work Week Improved Fivable's Productivity

In this episode, Matt talks with Bryan Murdaugh at Fivable about going to a 4 day work week. Fivable adopted a rotating 4-day work week as an experiment back in May 2020. In February 2020, Fivable was 100% co-located in their Irmo, SC office. After the 4 day work week implementation, in August 2020 Fivable was located in 4 states, 3 time zones, and just one or two members of their team will find their way into the office during the day. Fivable’s 4 day work week experiment worked well enough that they are still on that same schedule today. Fivable saw productivity increase, employees needing less PTO, and an overall happier environment. Listen as Matt and Bryan discuss what the 4 day work week looks like and how Fivable implemented the change while balancing the needs of their clients. Here are some topics that are covered. The initial results seen in productivity when Fivable made the 4 day work week switch. How The Fivable 4 day work week was structured in order to still meet client needs. Tools to make remote work successful What would Bryan change about the process of going to a 4 day work week? What Are Some Simple Automations To Fix Dull Mundane Tasks ____________________________ Ways we can help you: -> Want to grow your payroll company? Click here. -> Looking for easy-to-use White Label HR Software? Click here. -> Want to sell your payroll business or make a partial exit? Click here. -> Want to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn? Click here. ____________________________ *Are you enjoying Payrollin'? Please subscribe and rate us five stars on your player of choice. It helps us continue to improve. *Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://anchor.fm/payrollin/message *Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer and earn free Guhroo swag here: https://refer.fm/payrollingrowingapayrollbusinessthatmatters ____________________________ About the Guest Bryan Murdaugh Bryan is a web nerd. He started Fivable in March 2010 to make the web a more beautiful place. That appreciation for beauty has shaped the web into a more useful place. Bryan helps businesses to reach more people, improve the way their business moves data, or tell their business story with eloquence. Fivable has been particularly successful with innovative hardware startups, service companies, and non-profits afraid they're limiting growth by using paper-based systems, frustrated that their teams depend on multiple systems that don't talk to each other or have a great idea to make their product connect to cloud-based data capture systems. At the end of the day, Fivable creates well-fitting web software systems that help their clients save time, minimize frustration, and maximize profitability.