Not really the same, but many years ago I had a job that, though 40 hours per week, did it by having Monday-Thursday being 9 hour days, then the whole company

Not really the same, but many years ago I had a job that, though 40 hours per week, did it by having Monday-Thursday being 9 hour days, then the whole company took off at noon on Friday. It was pretty nice. You could schedule appointments or whatever for Friday afternoon, or if not, enjoy a longer slab of weekend time. If you were leaving town for the weekend, you could avoid the Friday evening traffic rush and perhaps even get to where you were going with plenty of time to get a good camping spot, or room, or whatever.