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The problem is that most places want you to work four 10 hour days instead of five 8 hour ones. Suddenly the deal isn't so attractive. I worked four 10's for a
by Xichekolas 19y ago
The problem is that most places want you to work four 10 hour days instead of five 8 hour ones. Suddenly the deal isn't so attractive.
I worked four 10's for about a year, and I can say that you just get stir crazy by the end of the day, and you don't get any more/less done than an 8 hour day. If a four day week meant 32 hours, then I could see the benefit, but to a company, that just says "20% less work will be done." If you try to argue that the same work will be done, they will ask why you are goofing off 20% of the time.
As for staggering schedules, I'm with you. It's retarded that we all work at the same time. I chose my dentist specifically because he was open on weekends (he takes tuesdays and wednesdays off).
- misterbwong 19y agoOur company works on a half-day Friday system. We work for 8.75 hrs M-Th and 5 hrs on Fri. It seems to work well and the work days are short enough to prevent burnout.
- alaskamiller 19y agoDo you measure your work in terms of time or productivity? In a field where projects are deadlined based, should speed, efficiency, and productivity be rewarded? Do I really need to be in front of a computer for all my time as long as the task is accomplished? Companies are still hiring based on standardized patterns established eons ago. I had thought all that rah-rah of the dot-com boom would have taught us about the information revolution and how information workers are different.
- gcheong 19y agoWhoa there, surely you're not suggesting something like a "Results Oriented Workplace", only someplace truly on the cutting edge, like say a big retail chain would try something that radical ;^): http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Careers/story?id=1180149&page=1 http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Careers/story?id=1180149&page=... I wonder how the experiment is going...