Switching to a 4-day workweek shrunk my inbox by half in 2 weeks

Ran a small agency out of Austin with 5 people. Every Friday was a mess of catch-up emails and rushed deliverables. I read about compressed schedules somewhere and figured why not try it. We moved to Mon-Thu, 9 hour days, and now Friday is a no-client-email day for internal admin only. In 2 weeks my inbox went from 200+ unread to around 90. Not everyone here loves it, one designer hates the longer days. Has anyone else tried this and seen their team actually burn out faster instead?

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keith_henderson13d ago

Buddy of mine runs a marketing shop in Nashville. Tried the same thing last year. Two people quit in the first month. Said the 9 hour days wrecked their evenings and they'd rather have the whole week back.