{"product_id":"the-5-day-workweek-is-obsolete-jeremy-abram-9798258970060","title":"The 5-Day Workweek Is Obsolete: How Technology Broke the Schedule - and What Comes Next","description":"The 9-to-5 workday may be the biggest productivity myth we still believe.\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century, the five-day, forty-hour workweek has shaped modern life.\u003cbr\u003eIt determines when we wake up, when we commute, when businesses open, and when society rests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the world that created this system no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFactories once required synchronized labor.\u003cbr\u003eOffices required physical presence.\u003cbr\u003eCommunication moved slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, technology has changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork happens on laptops, smartphones, and cloud platforms.\u003cbr\u003eTeams collaborate across continents.\u003cbr\u003eArtificial intelligence accelerates tasks that once took hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the structure of work has barely changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe 5-Day Workweek Is Obsolete\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremy Abram explores the hidden history of the modern work schedule-and the growing evidence that it may no longer fit the digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking book examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- How the five-day workweek was originally designed for factories\u003cbr\u003e- Why modern office culture copied a system built for machines\u003cbr\u003e- The science of focus, attention, and human productivity\u003cbr\u003e- The rise of productivity theater in modern workplaces\u003cbr\u003e- What the remote work experiment revealed during the global pandemic\u003cbr\u003e- The growing movement toward four-day workweeks and flexible schedules\u003cbr\u003e- How artificial intelligence may reshape the future of working time\u003cbr\u003e- Practical ways individuals and organizations can rethink how work is structured\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough research, observation, and real-world examples, Abram challenges one of the most deeply ingrained assumptions in modern life: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat productivity must follow the same schedule it did a hundred years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not about working less.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about working \u003cb\u003esmarter\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause if technology has transformed nearly every other part of life, it may finally be time to ask whether the workweek itself should evolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Abram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258970060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Jeremy Abram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172988657919,"sku":"9798258970060","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-5-day-workweek-is-obsolete-jeremy-abram-9798258970060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}