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yeah, but they're still working right?

• SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  That's a super important point - being mostly checked out means you're still there, and you're not actually getting the rest and recuperation actually not being there provides. If anything you then get the guilt of not doing enough to stack on top of your inability to actually, really, relax.
• tempsy 7y ago
  depends on the company and individual i think as is it is at most a half working day for a lot of people and yet you're expected to treat it like a full day with a true 4 day workweek then you can focus on working 4 "real" full days
  • Mirioron 7y ago
    Who's to say that Thursday won't become the new Friday though?
    • aaomidi 7y ago
      This is why we can have small scale experiments to see what happens.
    • tempsy 7y ago
      I don’t think it will. Friday is Friday because the weekend is too short to meaningfully enjoy. Right now you have 2 days and a few hours, though Sunday night is mostly a wash because you need to rest before work. A lot of people like weekend trips - you have to meticulously plan something to make that work for a regular work week. Think about how much easier (and relaxing) it is to plan something to do with 3-day weekends. If that happened every week you wouldn’t need to be distracted on a Thursday (or Monday) to make it work.
    • icedchai 7y ago
      If it does, what's the problem? Maybe three days is actually the correct work week...
    • npo9 7y ago
      I’d like to see extended four day working tests to see if Thursday becomes the new Friday.
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