Zoom’s CEO Thinks the 4-Day Workweek Is Inevitable. Here’s How AI Could Make It Happen

Eric Yuan predicts ‘digital twins’ will handle our administrative fatigue—ushering in a shorter workweek within five years.

BY KAYLA WEBSTER, STAFF EDITOR

Eric Yuan. Photo: Getty Images

When Henry Ford adopted the five-day workweek back in 1926, critics called it radical. Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan thinks corporate America is right on the cusp of the next big evolution, and this time, it will take us down to four days.

Speaking in a recent interview with Upstarts Media, Yuan predicted that the standard five-day workweek will become obsolete within three to five years. His forecast isn’t built on cutting business........

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