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Schroders gave me Fridays off — here’s what it’s like for me, my wife and my boss

‘What would he say? Would it affect my career prospects?’

‘We have got a short window before the kids are in school. Wouldn’t it be nice if we, as a family, could spend long weekends together?’
‘We have got a short window before the kids are in school. Wouldn’t it be nice if we, as a family, could spend long weekends together?’

Duncan Lamont, head of the Strategic Research Unit at Schroders in London, tells Financial News about how his role and home life have changed since he asked for, and was granted, a four-day work week.

Around four years ago, I nervously walked into my manager’s office at Schroders. I was trying to gauge how he would respond if I asked to move down to a four-day working week.

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