Part of me wants Wednesdays off. I get pretty unproductive by Thursday because I want a break, and if I only worked two days at a time, I feel I'd get more done

Part of me wants Wednesdays off. I get pretty unproductive by Thursday because I want a break, and if I only worked two days at a time, I feel I'd get more done. In fact, I've been working as a contractor recently, and I've been more productive with a 6 hour workday than I was with an 8 hour work day, and I often take a break midweek. But yes, everything is negotiable, provided you do it on front. I tried to negotiate working from home after working at a company for years and got denied, but we have a few remote workers who negotiated it up-front. Likewise, my coworker negotiated more vacation days (he paid for it with lower salary), but that wouldn't have happened if he didn't make the deal up front. IMO, the only advice needed for this is to decide what you want before taking a job and make it a condition of employment before you start; it's better to know up front whether the company will grant it, and it's better for them to know you want it as well. In fact, if you want a change in your benefits/work hours, you're more likely to get it (IMO) by looking for a new job than by negotiating with your current employer because for some reason new hires are valued more highly than retention.