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I'm unconvinced a prescribed two day set of days off is really the right way to balance work and leisure. People end up focusing on milestones like TGiF or hum
by nkozyra 8y ago
I'm unconvinced a prescribed two day set of days off is really the right way to balance work and leisure.
People end up focusing on milestones like TGiF or humpday, working for the weekend, etc.
As automation and globalism and remote work become more pervasive across industries, I hope to see more flexibility here rather than less. Culturally it would be unacceptable to take a random three day weekend and work 6 the next, but I think the benefit to mental health and productivity would be measurable. The always available culture in tech is a mess.
- maxerickson 8y agoYou are thinking pretty narrowly. Why not take a 3 day weekend to start the year and then do it again the next 51 weeks?
- kzrdude 8y agoI prefer a four day working week where you don't put the extra day on friday: a thee day weekend does not help your routine. Wednesday is the best for balance and recovery.
- czechdeveloper 8y agoProblem of this is that you generally need to work with other people and most productive way is to work at same hours.
- davidgh 8y agoThat definitively depends on the role you’re in. I often find my most productive hours are those when others are not pinging my by Slack, email, Skype, phone. I absolutely must have overlap time with others to keep things moving forward, but I find reducing overlap time is actually better.
- nkozyra 8y agoAbsolutely. But often not every day. And more often not in the same physical place.
- johnchristopher 8y agoThing is what is flexibility to one are highly insecure working conditions to another.