Well put, people work differently why make somebody sit there all day Friday if their brain is already fired?

I do a 4 day week and you dont loose 20% of take home as you were paying tax on all of it anyway so it is more like loosing about 10-12 % of net.

Anyway just off for a ride …enjoy your day at work 😈

I often wonder if we , as a country, would be happier if more people were in work but everyone worked less hours.

Sure someone cleverer than me will be along soon to tell me why it’s a crap idea.

I start a three-day a week contract in mid-October. Off until then! Feel very lucky!

And some jobs won’t work being ‘open’ only 4 days a week…

DrP

Agreed frontline services would need to be spread over the weekend but everything else is just conditioning and expectation
Retail used to be 9-5.30 with late night Thursday and Friday
Half day closing Monday or weds and no Sunday
We just expect as consumers to be able to buy stuff whenever we need it
Any business with appointments could be managed to a four day week

OUTRAGEOUS.
They fired his brain?
Is it in a union?

But some jobs don’t work on being open only 5 days a week and we get round that.

Fair enough. So basically trying to make the world a nice place would just result in somebody using it to gain an advantage and make more cash.

Rhetorical question?

It’s quite possible to have your business open 7 days a week with your staff working a 4 day week.

It’s crazy concept I know, but there is this thing called ‘shifts’.

Pah, who works Sundays?

4-day week here-
Week 1 Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Week 2 Mon Tue Fri Sat
Week 3 Mon Tue Wed Thurs
Repeat ad infinitum.

We do 9 day fortnights so get every other Friday off and it works really well. You don’t need to use leave for appointments or other menial stuff so makes a big difference.

Infact today is my flexi Friday and I’m lovin it!

But 9 doesn’t divide into 14!!!

Which is exactly the point. It’s a perk that people actually want, much more so than fußball tables, or an onsite masseuse. Startups want good people – great pay helps, but often isn’t enough in itself.

People in their 30s are quite likely to have kids. They also have much more experience than the early 20s, and while they make like the kind of work that startups tend to offer, they can often be tempted away by steadier jobs just so they get to go home at 5pm and see their families. Even for those who don’t have kids – good employers encourage a life and interests outside of work, and this gives an extra day for it.

Conversely, if you went to a job interview and they said “we actually do a 6 day week here, it makes us more money” what would your reaction be? I’d just laugh and walk out.

When I worked in public sector, I ended up with so many days of leave (and not enough money to go anywhere) that I’d just take Mondays off for months at a time, which was great. I actually asked a previous employer, who’d said they couldn’t afford any payrises for the third year in a row, for a drop to a 4 day week with a slight reduction in salary (so it was a bit more than 4/5 pay, in effect a payrise). They didn’t go for it, sadly.

It’s all down to what is considered “normal”. 12+ hour days, 6 days a week (potentially from the age of 9) used to be “normal”. Working hours have generally declined since the industrial revolution, so no real reason why it couldn’t keep going further.

Seems like a lot of point missing going on….

Almost certainly not 🙂

Breaking a link between putting your arse at your desk and productivity is a necessity. I remember being criticised as a contractor for leaving early when my work was done. Tried to explain that I’d rather have my time than sit making work last longer – boss didn’t get it he would thank those who stayed longer every week though (paid by the hour)