This start-up has switched to a 4-day workweek permanently. And it's never going back

Earlier this month, San Francisco-based unicorn Bolt permanently switched to a four-day work week, a decision that it says it will never go back on. The online checkout platform allowed all staff to reduce their working week for good after doing a test-run for three months.

“Our 3 month experiment proved every core thesis: Heightened productivity, engagement, wellness,” Bolt’s founder and CEO, Ryan Breslow, tweeted.

Calling it a “selfish” move, Breslow, 27, said he found that his employees were found to be “overwhelmingly more productive” while working for four days a week, as compared to five days a week.

“This is a selfish thing that we’re doing. Because our hypothesis was that not only would employees be more engaged and healthier, but they’ll be more productive at work. And that’s what we found. We found that the four days that they’re here, they are overwhelmingly more productive than your traditional five days a week,” he told CNN.

Here’s why the company, founded in 2014, is convinced that a four-day work week is the future of workplaces: