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Highgate moves to four day working week

Channel outfit Highgate IT has made its four-day working week trial permanent.

The company trialled the idea in April and has decided to make it a permanent feature after a successful six months.

IT found that service levels remained consistent, productivity increased and targets were hit or over-achieved.

Highgate managing director Stuart Marginson said that companies needed to find a balance between the wellbeing of employees and the success.

“We wanted to support our employees and ensure the right resource was available across the business. By not doing so, we risked overloading our employees, which could hurt their well-being and undo the positives that the four-day week brings.

Highgate IT Solutions trials four day working week

Highgate IT Solutions is trialling a four-day working week, which means that it will be one of the first in the UK channel to try the idea.

Highgate IT sales director Bob Sahota said the trial will run for three months starting this April. It if works, the company will move to a four-day working week permanently.

It will work using a “buddy system” in which staff pair up and work on alternating days to cover each other when they are off.

The reseller employed 12 staff as of the end of last year but has hired six new members this year who will join over the next three months.  All its staff are remote working.