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I would take a lower wage for four days of work per week.

0_____0 6y ago
I would happily take 3/5ths of my salary to only work 3 days a week. Yes, I know that productivity doesn't scale down cleanly like that. Just sayin'.
- croon 6y ago
  Yeah, you're probably leaving money on the table at that point. You'll likely be >60% effective.
- iso1631 6y ago
  The problem with the "knowledge economy" is nobody knows how to measure it. If you sit there making 600 dohickys in a 40 hour week, and reduce hours to 32 hours, and you make more than 480, your productivity has increased. If you make 300, it's gone down. If you work a 6 hour day or 10 hour day instead of an 8 hour day, do you have more or less output as a developer? If you're a sysadmin, what's more productive, the admin who automates everything and sits there on call in case something breaks, but otherwise watching TV or riding a bike, or the person who spends weeks doing repetitive work which looks busy but leads to a far worse outcome?
thrawn0r 6y ago
that's called part-time and where I live (Germany) it's your right as an employee to do it. I currently work 34h/week at Microsoft, fridays off. Instead of 40h/week 5day week. I threw in 2 extra hours per week because you end up checking your mails, going on a late night call w/ PST colleagues regularly anyways. Worst thing is to tell yourself you work 30h/week and get payed for it and then end up working 35-38 hours.
- lnsru 6y ago
  There is no right for sure, just Microsoft is big enough and friendly to allow such model. Big Corp I work for was extremely hostile towards my intention to reduce work hours to 32 weekly. After European HQ intervention it happened, I made some enemies during the process. And when third of the group left this company I was forced to do 40 hours again.
  - ed_elliott_asc 6y ago
    What country are you in? In many countries it is a right
    - lnsru 6y ago
      I am also in Germany. I wouldn’t be so sure about right. Article in German: https://www.haufe.de/personal/arbeitsrecht/gesetz-zur-befristeten-teilzeit_76_413146.html https://www.haufe.de/personal/arbeitsrecht/gesetz-zur-befris... There are many conditions and practically impossible in smaller companies.

I would happily take 3/5ths of my salary to only work 3 days a week. Yes, I know that productivity doesn't scale down cleanly like that. Just sayin'.

croon 6y ago
Yeah, you're probably leaving money on the table at that point. You'll likely be >60% effective.
iso1631 6y ago
The problem with the "knowledge economy" is nobody knows how to measure it. If you sit there making 600 dohickys in a 40 hour week, and reduce hours to 32 hours, and you make more than 480, your productivity has increased. If you make 300, it's gone down. If you work a 6 hour day or 10 hour day instead of an 8 hour day, do you have more or less output as a developer? If you're a sysadmin, what's more productive, the admin who automates everything and sits there on call in case something breaks, but otherwise watching TV or riding a bike, or the person who spends weeks doing repetitive work which looks busy but leads to a far worse outcome?

thrawn0r 6y ago

that's called part-time and where I live (Germany) it's your right as an employee to do it. I currently work 34h/week at Microsoft, fridays off. Instead of 40h/week 5day week. I threw in 2 extra hours per week because you end up checking your mails, going on a late night call w/ PST colleagues regularly anyways. Worst thing is to tell yourself you work 30h/week and get payed for it and then end up working 35-38 hours.

lnsru 6y ago
There is no right for sure, just Microsoft is big enough and friendly to allow such model. Big Corp I work for was extremely hostile towards my intention to reduce work hours to 32 weekly. After European HQ intervention it happened, I made some enemies during the process. And when third of the group left this company I was forced to do 40 hours again.
- ed_elliott_asc 6y ago
  What country are you in? In many countries it is a right
  - lnsru 6y ago
    I am also in Germany. I wouldn’t be so sure about right. Article in German: https://www.haufe.de/personal/arbeitsrecht/gesetz-zur-befristeten-teilzeit_76_413146.html https://www.haufe.de/personal/arbeitsrecht/gesetz-zur-befris... There are many conditions and practically impossible in smaller companies.