Amazon to experiment with a 30-hour workweek Select Amazon employees will participate in a pilot program that puts them in the office just 30 hours per week.

Amazon plans to test out a 30-hour workweek, starting with a few dozen employees.

The program will allow participants to work from Monday through Thursday from roughly 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., reported The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. The team members will be salaried, but will bring home just 75 percent of what full-time employees earn. They will, however, have the option to scale up to 40 hours a week.

A The New York Times article published last year portrayed Amazon as a competitive and overwhelming workplace with testimony from over 100 current and former Amazon employees. Amazon senior vice president Jay Carney denied the allegations.

Amazon didn't immediately respond to a request for a comment.