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"I also "purchased" a 4-day work week, which has had a substantial impact on my own quality of life." Can you tell me more about this? What was your strategy f
by samuelmandell 6y ago
"I also "purchased" a 4-day work week, which has had a substantial impact on my own quality of life."
Can you tell me more about this? What was your strategy for bringing this up with your workplace, did you take 20% salary cut, any other adjustments?
- paledot 6y agoI took a 20% salary cut. All other benefits remained the same. It's not a formal policy at my company, but I was able to negotiate a reduced schedule during my annual salary review. I don't know that I did anything clever in the negotiation, I just raised it with my manager and we brought it to HR. Everyone was positive about the idea but unsure of how it would work in the broader scheme, including if other people would see my schedule and want to get on the 32-hour week train too. (I hope so, but I avoided saying that.) When I say all benefits remained the same, I mean all of them. It's probably an oversight, but I continue to accrue vacation days at a rate of 20/yr - except for me, that's 5 work weeks, not 4. I've avoided pointing that out.
- chudi 6y agoI did the exact same thing at my work with the same concerns of hr and the hope that all my coworkers follow my path. But everyone is much more greedy than I expected! Having 3 days of weekends every week is just amazing on top of my regular vacations