This is one very good reason to move to Sweden

It's not just because they are in general a beautiful race of people and have actual snow at Christmas time and not the sludgy stuff we get here. An even better reason has now been revealed. Sweden is moving to a six hour work day.

Employers across the country have already made the change, according to the Science Alert website. The aim of the move is to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives.

Filimundus, an app developer based in the capital Stockholm, introduced the six-hour day last year.

“The eight-hour work day is not as effective as one would think," Linus Feldt, the company’s CEO told Fast Company.

"To stay focused on a specific work task for eight hours is a huge challenge. In order to cope, we mix in things and pauses to make the work day more endurable. At the same time, we are having it hard to manage our private life outside of work."

Mr. Feldt added that he feels that with a six hour work day, it is easier to focus more intensely on the work that needs to be done and that people will have the stamina to do it and still have enough energy left to enjoy their private lives when leaving the office.

It's not just tech companies that are getting in on the act, a retirement home in Gothenburg has also made the six-hour switch until the end of 2016, to determine whether the cost of hiring new staff members to cover the hours lost is worth the improvements to patient care and boosting of employees’ morale.

Via Independent UK

So, would you rather work your little ass off for six hours straight or continue to slog away for eight or so hours while checking your Facebook, making tea, chatting about Making a Murderer around the water cooler etc etc?