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In software, there's quite a few other questions to answer first. Will you be on call? Whats the culture around "off-hours" contact? How often if ever does c

In software, there's quite a few other questions to answer first. Will you be on call? Whats the culture around "off-hours" contact? How often if ever does crunch happen? Will the company pay more after 32 hours? What percent of my time is expected to be in meetings vs getting things done, and how much do you expect to be done? I have worked at places with all fridays off during the summer. We did all our releases on time even though summer was usually the biggest time. 4 days really doesn't seem to make much of a difference at all. Fridays are so often either no meeting days or at least not important ones. Overall, I absolutely have taken a paycut for legitimate work life balance increases, and I prefer to work with others who would as well.

Sn0wCoder 5y ago
I agree with your assessment. I am on call for a week once every few months. Sometime it’s light and still get work done other time all we do is field calls and put out fires. Normally we work 40 hours, sometimes more sometimes less. Saying I was only going to work 32 hours and not be available 1 day a week would not work very well. I suspect the employer would win by paying you less but the employee would end up working the same, sometimes more sometimes less. At the end of the day the work needs to be done no matter how long it takes. But I also work 2 jobs full time analyst / programmer and TA CS courses so I might just be an outlier. I make enough to only work 1 job, but I like helping students. The extra money does help and I would not do it for free. So short answer is NO I would not work 4 days a week for 80% pay.
- taurath 5y ago
  One workplace had an official 7.5 hour workweek, or 37.5 hours. That made it super common for people to take half days or full days off on fridays. We got everything shipped, and salaries were competitive but not absolute top. It was nice, and lots of A tier people working in comfort. Then new management came in and started forcing everyone to crunch every week until almost all the engineers left.

Sn0wCoder 5y ago

I agree with your assessment. I am on call for a week once every few months. Sometime it’s light and still get work done other time all we do is field calls and put out fires. Normally we work 40 hours, sometimes more sometimes less. Saying I was only going to work 32 hours and not be available 1 day a week would not work very well. I suspect the employer would win by paying you less but the employee would end up working the same, sometimes more sometimes less. At the end of the day the work needs to be done no matter how long it takes. But I also work 2 jobs full time analyst / programmer and TA CS courses so I might just be an outlier. I make enough to only work 1 job, but I like helping students. The extra money does help and I would not do it for free. So short answer is NO I would not work 4 days a week for 80% pay.

taurath 5y ago
One workplace had an official 7.5 hour workweek, or 37.5 hours. That made it super common for people to take half days or full days off on fridays. We got everything shipped, and salaries were competitive but not absolute top. It was nice, and lots of A tier people working in comfort. Then new management came in and started forcing everyone to crunch every week until almost all the engineers left.