
As banks worldwide grapple to find the right balance between flexibility and authority over their staff, the CEO of U.K. digital bank Atom has a simpler solution: eliminate the fifth day of work.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Atom CEO Mark Mullen said the bank’s landmark four-day week, introduced in 2021, has been “considerably less challenging” than a clunky hybrid policy that is sweeping across many of the world’s biggest companies.