Atom Bank introduces four-day work week without cutting in pay

Key Facts

• Mark Mullen has led Atom Bank since 2014 The online bank Atom Bank has introduced a four-day work week for its 430 staff without cutting their pay.
• However, employees will have to work longer hours on the days that they are in.
• "Before Covid, the conventional wisdom was you had to commute in, sit at a desk all day and repeat that process when you commuted home," said Mr Mullen, who has led the Durham-based bank since 2014.
• The decision followed a three-month study which found compressing work into a Monday to Thursday window could negatively affect the wellbeing of some workers and harm productivity.

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