It’s clear, though, that despite so many women knowing they’d be just as productive – if not more – by working fewer days, lots of people need to be convinced before the four-day week really becomes a mainstream concept.

The Glassdoor research found a real difference between industries when it came to asking workers if they thought a four-day work week could go ahead. In the healthcare industry, for example, 93% of professionals believed they would be more productive working four days a week, whereas in the world of legal, accounting, and finance, this number dropped quite a bit – 27% of people in the legal industry actively said they would not be more productive if they worked fewer days.

Meanwhile, there are campaign groups trying to stop the four-day work week push in its tracks. Right-wing lobby group The Taxpayers’ Alliance described the four-day week as giving workers a “holiday”, an attitude that still hangs around despite all the evidence showing the benefits of these sorts of flexible working arrangements.

In short, while many workers reckon we should embrace the four-day week, there are still bosses who are firmly against it. We’ll have to hold tight and wait for more proof to stack up in our favour.

Most women believe they’d be more productive if they had a 4-day working week