New Subject - Shorter work weeks

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New for today at least

Many talk about work weeks being less than 40 hours.

Am I the only one who would totally be happy in a job with 40 hours in 4 days?

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I'd love to work four 10s

Nobody really works more than a half a day on Friday anyway. I'll take my extra two hours in the evenings and keep the 5 day week. Evenings already feel short enough as it is.

We are not prepared for the social impact of “idle hands”. Everyone just assumes less work will lead to nirvana.

I would love to work less than 90 hours a week.

My job already let's me do this, long as you get the hours and take care of your shite no one cares

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9/80 all day

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Hell yes.

I dont care when people leave for the day, as long as the work is done. First time they leave and i have to clean up something behind them, then the privilege is revoked. I used to work for a dickhead that would leave the office @ 3 but would often call back to talk to each of us in the office @ 455. I hated that prick. No need to watch a clock if your work is done.

My wife used to work 4x10s and she loved the 3day weekend every week. Or scheduling drs appts on mondays and not having to burn pto.

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Am I the only one who would totally be happy in a job with 40 hours in 4 days?

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Nope. Working 4 10's was glorious. I never got sick, never felt like I needed a vacation, never got burned out.

The problem is that people (i.e. employers) equate time with output. They pay you based on the time, not the output because time is easier to measure and track. This causes a ton of inefficiency and poor morale as so many people are literally just counting down the hours until they can leave while contributing nothing. For jobs that aren't dealing directly with servicing customers, we need to get away from paying people based on how long they are physically present in an office somehow.

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Am I the only one who would totally be happy in a job with 40 hours in 4 days?

Hell. I'd be thrilled to do 40 in 3 days.

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it makes no sense to limit our work day to such a pussy, 8-hour schedule

4, 10s is greatly better

3.5 12s would be beast mode

i own my own business so i set my hours but it's nothing like a regular 5, 8s schedule