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This has always bothered me. In the US there is no way I have seen beyond running your own business to negotiate the time spent working. When I started in the
by pixelrevision 6y ago
This has always bothered me. In the US there is no way I have seen beyond running your own business to negotiate the time spent working. When I started in the work force I thought taking a smaller salary for 4 day work week would be a reasonable tradeoff but everyone thought I was nuts. I have tried over the years asking for more vacation or shorter weeks for a pay cut but workplaces are just not equipped to handle those sorts of requests. The system here does not value free time in the same way it does money.
- perfunctory 6y agoI good reason to start your own business I guess. Did you consider freelancing?
- nybble41 6y agoThere are exceptions. For example my current employer, a decent-size public company, allows employees to purchase up to one week of extra vacation time each year. (Straight time—equivalent to unpaid time off, but with the cost spread out over the year in the form of reduced pre-tax salary and no change in other benefits.) I've known several coworkers who did the 4-day-week thing for months at a time rather than taking long vacations. They are also open to negotiating shorter hours or alternative schedules.