BMW car dealership Weller introduces four days a week as a pilot project!

BMW car dealership Weller introduces four days a week as a pilot project!

The Bad Homburg BMW and Mini-AutoHaus Weller makes a big change in the way of working: From January 1, 2024, a four-daily week introduced. However, everything remains the same for the 40 hours per week. The highlight? Service employees have free, rolling days, which enables a more flexible design of working hours and operating times.

The decision -making body behind this innovative step is none other than Burkhard Weller, the managing partner. He has found that especially on Saturdays empty parking spaces often burdened the atmosphere in the company. The idea: Weller wants to revitalize the workshop again on these days, especially in the future when many customers appear during the tire change season. So this new strategy is not a pure experiment, but well thought -out planning with the aim of strengthening customer loyalty.

prejudices against the change

The introduction of the four-day week is on a voluntary basis, which offers employees more flexibility. Interestingly, the impetus for discussion about this model by Diego Délano Campos, who has taken over the branch management since summer 2023. According to Weller, the focus is not on the well-known shortage of skilled workers, but rather on the service concept-as can be heard in a current discussion about the four-day week. Several companies, employees, politicians and the media deal with the concept that has now been fashionable.

How does the workforce think?

The model of the four-day week offers various approaches: from maintaining the weekly working time on four days to reducing to four working days with full wage compensation-also referred to as the principle of "100-80-100". A survey by Baua from 2022 shows that many employees, especially with full wage compensation, favor a reduction in working hours. Almost 80% support a four-day week, while 73% only want this when fully compensated for wages, according to a current study by the Hans Böckler Foundation.

• Reasons for the support:
• More time for yourself (97%)
• family (89%)
• Leisure (87%)
• Reduction of workload (75%)
• dislikes are often related to the fun of work (86%) and the allegedly constant processes (82%).

in similar test runs, for example in Great Britain and Iceland, where models such as the 35-hour week were used, there were positive effects on health and productivity. However, such approaches have also shown that not every industry is suitable for a 4-day week, and companies have to make appropriate changes.

The car dealership Weller in Bad Homburg will be part of this exciting development in the coming year. It remains to be seen how this new regulation will affect employee and customer satisfaction and whether other companies in Germany will follow the example. The pilot project is certainly being pursued with great interest and could possibly show how the future of the world of work can look like. Maybe it's the beginning of a new era of work in Germany - and not just in the Weller car dealership.