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Do you still get the "it's Friday!" feeling? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad I don’t have to go to work for a few days. But I don’t quite get the same excitement for the weekend that I used to. I hope that you do! If so, how do you cultivate that feeling?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I see you're from Germany (or at least on a German instance). Is the four-day work week becoming common there and throughout Europe?

As I live in the US, I'll probably die before something like that is implemented here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Germany is and always will be the last country to roll out any sweeping change. The people enjoying a four-day week are those who work in the US-based companies, limited to a select few.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I see more people in my profession (programming) doing the four-day work week, but we're still in an extreme minority. Outside of this field, it's even worse. The liberal and conservative parties are actively pushing against it. Almost every day there's an article where some rich CEO whines about young people being lazy. Added to that: Our aging population and a general lack of workers paired with aggressive anti-immigration politics - they also don't help this cause.

So yeah, more people are doing it (especially in IT), which makes me hopeful. But I still don't see it getting rolled out in a big fashion anytime soon, unfortunately. Especially because salary levels in Germany are already very low and not everyone can afford the loss of pay switching to a four-day work week.

I just know I'll never go back. The amount of energy I gained by just having a day more to myself per week is extraordinary.