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I'm not saying "change your entire process". All I'm saying is: If you are struggling to hire (good) developers, consider offering what the majority of them wa

I'm not saying "change your entire process". All I'm saying is: If you are struggling to hire (good) developers, consider offering what the majority of them want, but few companies offer. The quality of candidate will increase as you'll have a "competitive advantage" over other companies. My personal preference would be to see (all) developer roles offered as both 4 days @ 80% and 5 days @ 100% i.e. the candidate can choose. This is very common in Switzerland

beforeolives 5y ago
> consider offering what the majority of them want It's a big assumption that you know what the majority of developers want. And advocating for people who have never asked for your help is both arrogant and immoral in my opinion.
- philmcp 5y ago
  I'm not advocating anything for the current employees, I'm only advocating this for new employees. I think this is where we have gotten confused so I'll update the original post. Also I'm currently running a poll and the majority of people so far (84%) would prefer to either work 3 days @ 60% or 4 days @ 80%. This has also been shown to be the case in my larger studies [1]. [1] https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2014/04/16/introduce-four-day-week-say-public https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2014/0...
  - throwaway3699 5y ago
    Most working class people I know in the UK can't get enough hours to get by, and you're suggesting we slash them by 20%?