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It's a pity not more employers do this. I've always been a big proponent of 4-on-3-off work schedules. Traditional work 5 out of 7 was arbitrarily chosen. Regul
by klue07 10y ago
It's a pity not more employers do this. I've always been a big proponent of 4-on-3-off work schedules. Traditional work 5 out of 7 was arbitrarily chosen. Regular 3-day weekends really rejuvenates you. If 40 hours of work a week is mandatory, spreading the 8 hours of the fifth day into the 4 days isn't so bad.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoUnderlying problem is that productivity increases are not tied to work hours per week. As the world gets more productive, we should be ratcheting work hours down. Kudos to those doing their parts to ensure employee quality of life.
- thfuran 10y agoWhy should we not increase total productivity where practical?
- toomuchtodo 10y agoWe should, but not at the expense of labor. We measure GDP; an excellent measure of how much productivity is being squeezed and consumed by capital owners/shareholders. We should be measuring for happiness/quality of life, and optimizing for that.
- st3v3r 10y agoBecause then we don't get to enjoy the benefits of that productivity. We are exponentially more productive than we were back 50 years ago. Yet, we still have to work 40+ hours a week. We could be working 20-30 hours a week, and still be far more productive than we were back then. But more productivity meant more profit for the company, so they didn't want to do it.
- protomyth 10y agoWe do 4 day 40 hours weeks in the summer. It isn't that bad but it does get a little long. Most do 4-3 but we were doing a two week cycle of 4 (MTWH) on, 4 off, 4 (TWHF) on, 2 off.
- dasmoth 10y agoGiven that 8 hour workdays generally seem to involve a fair amount of faffing, and a fair number of people report diminishing returns beyond about 6 hours, what are those 10 hour days like? Does the expectation of a long weekend get everyone fired up, or do the last couple of hours really drag?
- protomyth 10y agoWeirdly, what time I eat lunch was the determinate of the day dragging. Noon or earlier and the day dragged. I'm off this week so I cannot give you a live feel today.
- maxxxxx 10y agoI did that for a while but with a commute you do nothing but work during the 4 days. I found it pretty exhausting.
- protomyth 10y agoYeah, it's basically very little off time for 4 days, but multiple 4 day weekends for the summer was worth it. Difference in sunset times would make this problematic in winter.