Work happier with a 4-day week and Friday off!
Hours off with CIB #4DayWeek
since September 2021 - last update
31.10.2024
Hours off with CIB #LoyaltyWorks
since June 2021 - last update
31.10.2024
Work-life blending and our #4DayWeek formula
In our daily lives today, we jump between what we call work or profession and what we commonly classify as leisure or "private". This is made possible by the interconnectedness of hardware, people and applications - not to mention the ubiquitous Internet.
New challenges, new answers
Since September 2021, more than 150 full-time employees of the CIB Group have been working four days a week, from Monday to Thursday, with the same salary and vacation entitlement. With this innovative work concept, we are taking another important step towards #NewWork.
Friday is off: Enjoy the long weekend, and work happier!
Formula: From 5 to 4 days, from 40 to 36 hours per week
Conditions: Same pay and working conditions with remote work
How to: Optimize work processes with task automation
Quality and motivation in order to work better, but not more!
We offer customer service even on Fridays
#LoyaltyWorks: Long-term loyalty is rewarded
If you have been employed full-time with CIB Group more than 10 years, your 4-day week with Friday off will be reduced to 34 hours with the same salary and vacation entitlement.
After 15 years, your working hours will be reduced to 32 hours.
Scientific monitoring & evaluation
Our 4-Day-Week model is being scientifically monitored and evaluated during 24 months in cooperation with the Munich University of Applied Science (with Prof. Dr Simone Kaminski) and under the supervision of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (with Prof. Dr. Dieter Frey, Director of the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management) ...
Research mission
“"With our scientific perspective and methodical approaches we want to support CIB with an objective and data-based evaluation of the recently introduced #4DayWeek. Our findings should provide CIB with an added value to use the potential of the #4dayweek in the best possible way and advance research in the "New Work" area.
Carolin Adam
Research assistant, Munich University of Applied Science
Susanne Hembd-Peuse
Research assistant, Munich University of Applied Science
CIB Incentives
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What do our teams say?
What our employees say
CIB #4DayWeek in our Blog
CIB with a 4-day week on the front page in Spain
The newspaper "El Confidencial" picked up on our #4dayweek and wrote an article about it, interviewing our colleague Cristina Silvera.
#4DayWeek: CIB Group introduces 4-day week
From September 2021, CIB Group's employees will work only four days a week for the same salary, becoming a pioneer in this field.
CIB #4DayWeek in the media
Videos & Interviews
Source: RTVE Canarias | 09-03-2023
Source: Canarias a la una | 04-03-2023
Source: RTVC | 06-02-2023
Source: Cope Canarias | 11-02-2022
Source: RTVE Canarias | 22-02-2022
Source: Canarias Radio | 17-11-2022
Newspapers and Magazines
- Several large companies have tested this method on a smaller scale, such as Unilever's establishments in New Zealand or Microsoft's offices in Japan, 11/07/2022
- The recent agreement on the reform of the labor market in Belgium has allowed companies in this country to take advantage of the four-day working week. Source: GD Empresa 17/03/2022
- Here's a list of 98 companies with permanent, seasonal, or trial four-day work weeks. Source: Himalaya, 04/02/2022
- The Canarian company CIB labs implements a four-day work week with no pay cut | Employees admit to having "fulfilled a dream" by taking Fridays off. Source: El Día , 06/02/2022
- A German company based in the Canary Islands and another from Jaén implemented the measure without salary cut, unlike Telefónica and Desigual. Source: El País, 01/20/2022
- Its employees work 36 hours a week, Monday to Thursday, and off Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The results are "very positive." Source: Canarias 7, 12/19/2021
- "German group CIB launches four-day week". Source: Planet Labor, 21/10/2021
- "This is how a multinational software company can reach the 4-day week without lowering salaries." Source: El Confidencial, 04/10/2021.
Die Vier-Tage-Woche ist in aller Munde!
Durch eigene digitale Lösungen befreien wir uns mehr und mehr von zeitraubenden Routinen und heben so Produktionsreserven.
Daraus folgt:
Weniger menschlicher Automatismus, mehr kreative Zusammenarbeit! Weniger Gewinnmaximierung, mehr Zeit für das Wesentliche!
Dies ist ein weiterer Schritt in die Zukunft der digitalen Arbeitswelt von CIB! #4dayweek
#4tagewoche #flexibilität #produktivität #umfrage #mittelstand #personalauswahl #personalgewinnung #hr #recruiting #worklifebalance
Island hat es vorgemacht und viele Unternehmen ziehen in der Testphase nach. https://bit.ly/3v8uUdN
Ab November geht die #massist in eine Testphase mit allen Mitarbeitern zur Verprobung, ob dauerhaft eine #4tagewoche eingeführt werden kann bzw. was zu tun ist, damit dies funktioniert. Ich bin gespannt zu sehen, wie es meinen Kolleg*innen damit geht und wie sich die Produktivität und Arbeitsweise verändert.
⌛️Wir sagen ja, bitte! Durch Digitalisierung, Coronapandemie & den Klimawandel wird die Diskussion um weniger Arbeit immer lauter. Jede Arbeitsstunde verursacht CO2, von daher müssen wir sie sinnvoll einsetzten, anstatt unnötige Konsumgüter zu produzieren. Viele Menschen stecken in Kurzarbeit oder sind erwerbslos, andere arbeiten weit mehr als 40h in der Woche und leiden unter großem Burnoutrisiko. Das muss geändert werden!
💪 Ein weiterer Vorteil: in ein paar Stunden weniger Arbeit kann genauso produktiv gearbeitet werden, weil Leerläufe & unnötige Meetings ausfallen könnten. Dennoch sollte eine höhere Produktivität nicht das Hauptziel sein!
Seit Anfang des Jahres haben wir bei uns die 4-Tage-Woche eingeführt. Nach nun einem halben Jahr kann ich feststellen, dass die Produktivität im Team sowie an den Projekten gesteigert ist, und die Mitarbeiter-/innen zufriedener sind. Neben den positiven Aspekten kamen natürlich auch Herausforderungen auf uns zu.
Beispiel: Wie bekommen wir die Arbeit in einer Woche umgesetzt, in der Feiertage sind. Wie optimieren wir unsere Terminplanung bei Meetings mit Kunden. Am Ende haben wir aber auch diese Herausforderungen gut gelöst.
Was denkt ihr, hat die 4-Tage-Woche Potenzial?