At my small (Dutch) company the standard contract is 36 hours, so most employees work 4 × 8. I have a four month old son, and my wife normally works 4 × 8 as we

At my small (Dutch) company the standard contract is 36 hours, so most employees work 4 × 8. I have a four month old son, and my wife normally works 4 × 8 as well, but she does 3 × 8 + 4 until we find our bearings with the young one. That means two days of daycare (partly subsidized by the government), one day, each, at home with the child, and one day where she works from home for four hours. This is fairly typical for white collar workers in the Netherlands. Four days is more than enough for me.