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by subsubzero 1738 days ago
I know that not all remote learning companies are doing great, Khan Academy which was booming in the mid teens had layoffs as well. In addition Udacity has also had multiple rounds of layoffs as they are struggling with profitability. Those 2 mentioned are very prominent and if they are doing bad then smaller players like treehouse probably are not doing great also.

I don't agree with the no management change they did but thought the 4 day workweek was a smart idea. Microsoft japan reported that a 4 day workweek increased productivity by 40% - https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/776163853/microsoft-japan-say...

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The 4 day work week was great. It was just a convenient scape goat for failed business initiatives at the time.
100% and the CEO blamed his own lack of work ethic, it's been mistranslated over the years, but this was not due to any real "study".

Do not attribute 32 hour work week to not being successful, it was incredible and allowed for a ton of creative work to come to life.

Do you have a source on the Khan Academy layoffs? My impression was that they've grown a lot since the pandemic started.