All over the world efforts are being made to introduce a culture of three days off a week. By walking on that path, Saudi Arabia has now entered the era of three-day holiday a week. Many believe that longer weekends increase employee productivity. The news is from Gulf News.
Riyadh-based AI customer experience management platform Lucidia has become the first company in Saudi Arabia to offer three days off a week to employees. Which means the employees of this company will work four days a week from now. Three more days will be spent. Saudi Arabia usually has two days off per week.
Lucidia’s announcement has received quite a response on social media. Many netizens said that they are interested to see how the decision to leave almost half of the week will affect the workers.
According to Al-Ekhbaria, the decision taken by Lucidia is unprecedented in Saudi Arabia. Their initiative has thrilled many people. Many are looking forward to know its results. Including its impact on employees and their productivity.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s human resources expert. Khalil al-Thyabi called for the Saudi weekend to align with the rest of the world.
He said, since Saturday and Sunday are closed weekly in G-20 alliance countries. If they can do the same in Saudi Arabia then it will be good for the country’s economy.
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