I have a 4-day work week (32h - fridays off). The 3-day weekend is a game changer.
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So I work annualised hours, based on a 35hr work week. So summer hour are Mon thru Fri 41hrs total, winter is Mon thru Thurs 31hrs total. I actually like the setup, as a mason I'd actually not mind doing longer hours than we are in the summer and even shorter in the winter, as the weather is too shit in the winter to actually get anything done anyway.
Friday because it's already mostly a write off.
It should be mandatory to stagger it by lottery. That way there's only ~20% of people off on the same day and you can enjoy your day more. I hate going out on weekends because of all of the extra people who are out. Being off on weekdays is great for the most part.
Wednesday. Why work for 4 days straight when you could take a break in the middle
IMO I'd take the 3 day break every time. Being able to take the kids to their grandparents for a 3 day weekend, or stay another day on a weekend trip sounds too convenient to pass up.
If we all have the same schedule, Friday, if it varies, Monday. I can get stuff done and everyone is tired and grumpy so I don't have to talk a bunch. People are too... Talkative on Fridays.
Friday is already a holiday here , I want Thursday to join holidays....
I'm fighting for a 3-Day work week 20hrs and no more. It can be done.
Oh? Tell me more
I had both for a while. And somehow Monday's still felt a bit like Monday. So I would go with Friday.
Friday only because Garfield would probably have to change to "I hate Tuesdays".
Wednesday. I've been doing that for years. It's nice because it feels relaxing and still part of the work week, so still productive.
I can usually swap it for a Monday or Friday with a week or so's notice, if I want to take a long weekend some time.
Also I get more public holidays than if I took Monday off.
Yeah, thatβs what I want. 3 days off in a row is nice, but not having to work 3 days in a row sounds amazing
I have worked this schedule at a job I disliked. Never more than about 32 hours from time off felt amazing.
I have a 4 day work week and love it.
Fuck Monday right off I'm invested in Tuesday hate
Crazy thought, but what if it differed by industry? Something like blue collar jobs get Monday off, white collar gets Friday off. That way office workers can for example more easily stay home to get their cable serviced and plumbers can more easily meet with a mortgage agent. Obviously because of overlap it's not perfect (office workers can't meet with mortgage agent, plumbers can't get their cable serviced), but there's a huge issue currently with people working 9-5 M-F being unable to access services that are also only available 9-5 M-F, so this would at least distribute things a little more. (This kind of thing already exists for some industries like restaurants, where W-Su workweeks are common)
I'm on board with the complementarity objective, but dividing society by collar color is a means for distributing things less. Time barriers reinforce worker segmentation by industry. Different rituals and religious traditions evolve on either side, and Romeo and Juliet are lost in their respective crowds. Convinced their problem is too much work, Four Day Workweek Jesus arrives to champion a revolution towards a three day week, and Four Day Workweek Satan points out that arranging and organizing other people's lives (for free!) has always been in support of the same capitalists that the bleeding heart Christians seem so upset about.
I'm imagining a white color and blue color worker couple each having an entire day to themselves in a week. Sounds like heaven, and the ideal relationship. I'm 100% onboard.
I save up my vacation every year and take as many Wednesdays off as possible. I prefer the break in the middle of the week. It has done wonders for my mental health and my ability to get shit done while everyone else is busy.
Hear hear! Monday/Friday off is overrated. Get rid of hump day!
i will probably die of old age by the time we get a 4 day work week (im early 20s)
This entirely depends on the company and/or the type of work you do. My manager is considering implementing it after I proposed it for our team. That was only a few days ago so we'll see where it goes.
There's a lot of optimism in this thread, so if I may imagine Sophie kicking the dust instead of choosing..
Assuming such a thing did happen it'd only happen for a subset of the population, which would then be divided such that one group gets Monday and the other gets Friday while service workers get two more nights of labor.
It makes no difference. With Mondays off, Tuesday becomes the new Monday. Fridays off means Thursday starts feeling like Friday.
Once you all agree on a day, let me know and I'll take the other one. No queues anywhere!
Part of me thinks Wednesday. I wouldn't be surprised to see flex schedules more common in a 4 day work week world
SILENCE, PEASANT!
You will now work Saturday as well!
Is that you, Rowan, manager of TechTown?
I used to like to work Saturday at my old job. It was overtime pay. Then my provincial government helped corporations and made it so that overtime didn't start until 48 hours a week, killing the incentive to work Saturdays.
Open for business? More like open for exploit, nepotism and cronyism, amirite?
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