Accounting firm rolls out a nine day fortnight work structure

A Sydney-based finance firm, Grant Thornton, has permanently implemented a nine day fortnight work structure after a successful 12-month trial.

Chief marketing officer & industry, Fraser McNaughton, says the idea to overhaul a 40-hour week came after COVID-19 left its employees ‘shattered’.

“It just wasn’t sustainable … and it didn’t fit the values we had at our firm,” he told Tony Moclair.

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“75 per cent of our people are using recharge time every month,” he said.

Mr McNaughton says Grant Thornton maintains its client-first approach and will remain open five days a week.