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Show HN: Four day week – Software jobs with a better work / life balance
- philmcp 6y agoOp here: In years to come we will look down on the 5 day working week in the same way we currently do with 15hr factory shifts during the industrial revolution. It absolutely blows my mind that 99% of office roles are still 5 days / week, Monday to Friday - why is there basically no variation on this model? I'd be more than happy to work a job for 80% salary for 4 days per week... That's why I made https://www.fourdayweek.io/ https://www.fourdayweek.io/ Keen to hear any feedback or suggestions. In the mean time, I'll be looking to add more jobs to the database
- simpixelated 6y agoCongrats on the launch/relaunch! The site looks great! One thing I would like as a job-seeker is a way to sort/filter by full time jobs where everyone works 4 day weeks vs. hourly jobs. I know I can work less than 40 hours as a contractor pretty much wherever I want, but companies that actually give full benefits and a salary that's comparable to 40 hours are more rare.
- philmcp 6y agoThanks - totally agree! I've started collecting data on benefits such as healthcare, dental and pension. Will hopefully get it added to the interface soon
- LunaSea 6y ago> I'd be more than happy to work a job for 80% salary for 4 days per week... This is a luxury and one that most people don't have which is the reason the 5 day work week still exists. The only way to evolve to the 4 day work week for the same wages as now is if governments passed it into law which I don't think will happen anytime soon.
- philmcp 6y agoI agree it is a luxury which I am grateful for, but it is quite common for many software developers (especially those without kids) given the high average salaries
- LunaSea 6y agoI would agree in the case of the United States, especially for Silicon Valley. Most software developers in Europe wouldn't be able to afford it I would say since software developer wages are much more in line with the national averages. I think it's a great initiative though.
- Karsteski 6y agoI'm rooting for this to be a success! We burn far too much of our lives on meaningless work to pad the pockets of the rich. If I ever found a successful company myself I will adhere to a 4 day work week, I swear it. Good luck to Phil and everyone else :)
- philmcp 6y agoThanks! and tell me about it... I've burnt out too hard during lockdown Also, me too - the advantages of a shorter week are endless imo!
- derivagral 6y agoNice look. I was a bit confused at first that clicking on a row expanded it: I did hit back and wondered where the page went. I find that generally I'll open a bunch of single-job tabs for later perusal, and I'm not sure how to do that here.
- wccrawford 6y agoBeing able to middle-click something into a new tab is crucial for me. I always try that first, and if it doesn't work, I'm really annoyed.
- philmcp 6y agoGood point, I'm going to change the UI from a table to 'cards' so that it's easy to open many in different tabs. Thanks for the feedback
- toufique 6y agoVery cool!
- Lurkars 6y agoOn Firefox Mobile Android search field directly closes my keyboard after input focus, so not able to search on mobile. Don't know if individual problem, but you might want to check.
- philmcp 6y agoYe someone else said this, I'll have a look into this asap. Thanks for letting me know