The acronym TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) may soon lose popularity, being replaced by TGIT (Thank God It's Thursday). This change is due to the growing popularity of the four-day work week, which has become the norm for many businesses and municipalities. The benefits of the four-day workweek appear to extend far beyond the organization, but also to the employee and society at large. To illustrate this point, this investigation examines the pros and cons of the four-day work week, examining the issue from organizational, employer and societal perspectives. Through careful consideration of each stakeholder's perspectives, it will be possible to demonstrate the value of the four-day workweek and what recommendations should be made to make TGIT the standard over TGIF.Implications of the week four-day workweekFor organizationsThe development of the four-day The day workweek actually began in the 1970s as a theoretical practice aimed at helping organizations optimize their operations while conserving resources and improving the quality of life of workers (Poor, 2010). Beginning in the 1980s, the use of the four-day work week began to accelerate and the Ministry of Labor began keeping records of the performance of companies using this work arrangement (Poor, 2010). Although the Department of Labor continues to pursue alternative work arrangements, Poor says four-hour work weeks have evolved into flexible work arrangements, with companies offering workers a wide range of programs allowing them to take time off of the traditional 5/40 schedule. Although efforts to assess the impact of the four-day workweek have shifted toward a general classification of flextime outcomes, the four-day workweek remains the primary tool used by organizations to offer ...... middle of paper ... ...(2013). The four-day work week. Money CNN. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/09/news/economy/shorter-work-week/.Lee, BY and DeVoe, SE (2012). Flexible hours and profitability. Industrial Relations, 51(2), 298-316. Poor, R. (2010). How and why flexible work weeks came to be. Connecticut Law Review, 42(4), 1047-1057. Workplace Flexibility Survey. (2011). The world at work. Retrieved from http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=48160. Travis, M. (2010). What difference does a day make, or does it? Work/family balance and four-day work week. Connecticut Law Review, 42(4), 1223-1266. Van der Klis, M. and Karsten, L. (2009). The suburban family as a geographic adaptation strategy for work-family balance. Community, Work and Family, 12(3), 339-354.West, J,P., Condrey, SE and Rush, CL (2010). Implementation of the four-day work week. Public manager, 39(3), 68-73.