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I prefer three 10-12 hour days for 100% pay. Purely answering the question... The pay, unless you bill by the hour. If you bill hourly and you can comfortably

I prefer three 10-12 hour days for 100% pay. Purely answering the question... The pay, unless you bill by the hour. If you bill hourly and you can comfortably live on 80%, then you can aim for 4 days and flex if needed. It will give you time to work on side projects or just relax. If you're salary, then the 4 day 'deal' is a Faustian bargain. You will be expected to be available for free on the fifth day, and you will rarely ever get it off. That's just the nature of business.

jasonkester 10y ago
If you're salary, then the 4 day 'deal' is a Faustian bargain. You will be expected to be available for free on the fifth day How do you expect that would happen? Does your company expect you to be available on Saturdays or at four in the morning? If not, why would they expect you to work during your other off times? For me, switching to four eights was simply a matter of letting the right people know, then no longer showing up on Mondays. If you sent me an email on Monday, you'd get a reply on Tuesday. If you scheduled me into a meeting on Monday, I'd politely remind you of my schedule. It was never an issue. Incidentally, I strongly recommend this schedule over five day weeks. The extra day makes way more difference to your quality of life than you would reasonably expect.
- notahacker 10y ago
  > How do you expect that would happen? Does your company expect you to be available on Saturdays or at four in the morning? If not, why would they expect you to work during your other off times? The chief difference is that on Saturday or 4am there aren't people sitting in an office wanting your "urgent" feedback on something they're working on, and possibly not even aware you're officially unavailable when they call your mobile. Obviously it applies more to people who are directly answerable to demanding clients or have unique abilities to fix/decide things than your average employee. And colleagues are definitely better at allocating things to other people when you're definitely away for a week or three. I worked a four day week for several months due to accumulated holiday to use up, and seemed to field more direct sales enquiries on my Fridays off than the rest of the week. This wasn't entirely uncompensated, but it didn't feel like a three day weekend either.

jasonkester 10y ago

If you're salary, then the 4 day 'deal' is a Faustian bargain. You will be expected to be available for free on the fifth day How do you expect that would happen? Does your company expect you to be available on Saturdays or at four in the morning? If not, why would they expect you to work during your other off times? For me, switching to four eights was simply a matter of letting the right people know, then no longer showing up on Mondays. If you sent me an email on Monday, you'd get a reply on Tuesday. If you scheduled me into a meeting on Monday, I'd politely remind you of my schedule. It was never an issue. Incidentally, I strongly recommend this schedule over five day weeks. The extra day makes way more difference to your quality of life than you would reasonably expect.

notahacker 10y ago
> How do you expect that would happen? Does your company expect you to be available on Saturdays or at four in the morning? If not, why would they expect you to work during your other off times? The chief difference is that on Saturday or 4am there aren't people sitting in an office wanting your "urgent" feedback on something they're working on, and possibly not even aware you're officially unavailable when they call your mobile. Obviously it applies more to people who are directly answerable to demanding clients or have unique abilities to fix/decide things than your average employee. And colleagues are definitely better at allocating things to other people when you're definitely away for a week or three. I worked a four day week for several months due to accumulated holiday to use up, and seemed to field more direct sales enquiries on my Fridays off than the rest of the week. This wasn't entirely uncompensated, but it didn't feel like a three day weekend either.