A really cool article by the guys at 37signals here in Chicago on some of the interesting workplace experiments they’ve been trying. It looks like they’ve been able to keep their same level of efficiency while making everyone happier and more motivated:
Workplace Experiments – (37signals)
Shorter work weeks
Last summer we experimented with 4-day work weeks. People should enjoy the weather in the summer. We found that just about the same amount of work gets done in four days vs. five days. So if that’s the case we could either push everyone to work harder during those five days or we could just skip one of those days. We decided to skip one of those days…Funding people’s passions
We decided that 37signals would help people pay for their passions, interests, or other curiosities. We want our people to experience new things, discover new hobbies, and generally be interesting people…Discretionary spending accounts
We’re in the process of giving everyone at 37signals a credit card. If you want a book or some software or you want to go to a conference, it’s on us. We just ask people to be reasonable with their spending…
Posted by Clint Ecker 