The weekend is 100 years old – but have ‘skiveday Fridays’ and hybrid working ruined it for everyone?
Europe
Business
High confidence — 76/100
- For 11 years, from 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union did not have weekends.
- Instead, to increase productivity citizens were allocated a day off in every seven at random.
- With 80% of the population at work on any given day, factories never had to power down.
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- For 11 years, from 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union did not have weekends.
- Instead, to increase productivity citizens were allocated a day off in every seven at random.
- With 80% of the population at work on any given day, factories never had to power down.