Switch Marketing Manager Luke Azzopardi described the company’s shift to three-day weekends as “amazing” and a “revelation” on Monday, while also pushing for its normalisation across different industries.

Switch CEO Richard Muscat Azzopardi announced the shift to four-day work weeks for July and August earlier this month, an experiment that it had trialled in the previous two summers. The company aims to make the change possible throughout the whole year, allowing employees to refresh themselves and get more work done in their own homes.

“The energy boost I get from a three-day weekend surprises me every time,” Mr Azzopardi said, before adding that an extra day of rest can make “a huge difference” to his motivation.

“While we’re not quite ready yet to shift into year-round three-day weekends, I feel so lucky to work for a company that’s actively taking steps towards it,” he added.

This year, Switch employees are working four-day weeks all summer, while also being granted an extra Friday off every month, something Mr Azzopardi described as a “revelation”.

“We want to prove that three-day weekends are possible while keeping the same – or better – level of service to our clients,” he continued, calling the move “so amazing”.

“Here’s to the normalisation of the three-day weekend, and the abandonment of outdated ways of working,” Mr Azzopardi concluded.

Mr Azzopardi joined Switch in 2019 as a Digital Specialist, and he was subsequently promoted to Marketing Manager after just 10 months at the agency. His responsibilities include social content creation, ad campaign origination and management, as well as social media management, among others.

Switch is a digital and brand agency that has worked with several brands across a number of industries, such as Canon, Nestle, and GO, with a focus on "listening and understanding" the clients and the best way to tell their stories.