3 ms·

4-day workweeks would be nice but what I really want is 50 hour weeks (2hr extra per day) with a summer vacation in June/July/August. Let's say the typical job

• koyote 5y ago
  Maybe you should move to France where something very similar to the above is pretty much encoded in law (with caveats of course). I have not worked in France but as far as I understand, if you work more than 35 hours a week you will get the extra hours as additional time towards your annual leave: https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F34151 https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F34151
  • gield 5y ago
    Most countries in Europe have similar schemes. In Belgium, a work week is 38 hours. If your contract states that you work 40 hour weeks, you get 12 extra days off every year.
  • jobigoud 5y ago
    In practice the extra time worked above the 35 hours goes into a different counter that you typically take one or two days at a time rather than batch it along the rest. Also it's fairly rare for people to take their 5 vacation weeks in one setting, the employer still has a say and you still have to coordinate with colleagues.
    • koyote 5y ago
      That is a good point, although I used to work for a US multinational with people based in France and they often took 3-4 weeks in one go. More than that might be pushing it a bit.
• darthrupert 5y ago
  Perhaps move to Finland? We have a default 37,5 hour work weeks and a 1mo summer vacation.