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The article's title says a 3-day week, but the actual study more specifically said a 30-hour week. Or, put it another way, The Guardian can't even summarize it
by acconrad 10y ago
The article's title says a 3-day week, but the actual study more specifically said a 30-hour week.
Or, put it another way, The Guardian can't even summarize it's own articles properly, because there was no recommendation as to how those 30 hours should be split up.
Personally, I'd prefer 5 6-hour days to 3 10-hour days.
- mason240 10y agoI would much prefer 3 10 hour days, and I would be be able to accomplish more in that time than over 5.
- codingdave 10y agoI work from home, so am able to set my own schedule, and tend to do something more like 10-20 blocks of 1-3 hours each, over the course of a week. They are not evenly spread out... I work when I am energetic and alert enough to be the most productive, balanced with the responsiveness required to meet the needs of the business.
- dasmoth 10y agoSounds like heaven to me. Are there times you have to be available, or are you able to be entirely async?
- codingdave 10y agoMostly async. There are some tasks that end up getting schedule at specific times -- conference calls, code deployments (sometimes), etc. But The vast majority of time is flexible. It really is a great setup for coding.
- irascible 10y agoSame here. And funny thing is I have little problem working 60-90 hour weeks.. that would have absolutely killed me working on site. The commute time savings alone is rediculous. That's like 20 hours a week right there, and that's ignoring the cognitive load of scheduling.. etc. Working from home is fantastic.