What a 30-Hour Work Week is Really Like
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John Dionas is a car dealer’s car dealer, with a big grin, a gold ring with five diamonds and a deep tan authenticated by a white line across the bridge of his nose. He has been in the business for three decades. For roughly 26 of those years, he says, he worked every Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and kid’s birthday. He hated it. And so, he was sure, did his . So five years ago, he decided to close , his Subaru dealership, on Sundays for “family day.” He was influenced by Mormon employees who couldn’t work when they needed to be at church, and by his general manager, who had been reading about how religiously minded companies and profitability. But Dionas’ decision wasn’t about faith; it was about numbers:
