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It's quite bizarre to me that they would accept a reduction in working hours but not an increase in salary.
by tome 9y ago
It's quite bizarre to me that they would accept a reduction in working hours but not an increase in salary.
- Waterluvian 9y agoIt probably helped that I convinced them (then proved it) that my productivity really wouldn't fall much. I could do the same work in less time. Unless you're making widgets on a production line, productivity doesn't linearly scale with time. I wasn't at work on Friday, but I was still subconsciously processing what I had researched, how to solve problems, etc. It's the ultimate "sleep on it" or "get up and walk around".
- zulln 9y agoDid you experiment with other days, or was it just Friday? Was this choice made by you, or what fitted the job the best?
- Waterluvian 9y agoI didn't experiment because I felt it was unfair for my availability to wander through the week. People learned I was not present on Friday. I wanted it to abut the weekend so that I could get into my own projects (coding, building, being with family, etc.) for a longer amount of time.
- raarts 9y agoThings managers really hate to do, #1: Ask superiors for a budget increase.
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- RankingMember 9y agoWhat tends to kill these kinds of arrangements is other employees complaining and wanting the same deal in my experience. aka the "NO FAIR BILLY GETS TO!" factor
- Waterluvian 9y agoI think mature managers and mature employees makes this go away.
- RankingMember 9y agoThe world could use more of those for sure!