Real sticking point for many who use public transport is that most pricing geared towards a 7 day, monthly, quarterly or yearly ticket. Which see's a small sav

Real sticking point for many who use public transport is that most pricing geared towards a 7 day, monthly, quarterly or yearly ticket. Which see's a small saving/break even by getting a 7 day travel pass over 4 single day's and no saving in costs/outlay as the 5th day was already covered still. That does seem to be changing, but is certainly a cost factor many endure, which ironically shifts people into using their own transport and another car on the road factor plays in. Now for a company, were before you had 4 staff to cover 20 days of work, you now have 5. That has pro's and con's, and certainly numbers of employee's will entail scaling costs. Making you hit certain numbers more easily and that can see more requirements as an employer. So suddenly you need an extra toilet, or larger kitchen, extra facilities and all becomes the number of people registered working in that location tips you into complying with such requirements. On the other hand, you have more resilience and less dependence upon individuals and the impact of loosing one member of staff is less impacting. That with fresher more focused staff due to working less hours, then it becomes a complicated equation to balance out on both sides of the employer/employee relationship. I certainly do feel the 4 day week is a good thing, one you appreciate more in later life and does help prevent things like burn out. Also working from home has it's upsides, but also like everything, in moderation. So if you had a choice of working in an office for 4 days a week or working from home for 3 days and 2 days in the office. I'm not sure the choice would be an easy one for many. Personally the later has much going for it, even if working 5 days over 4. But one of the best balances I've known somebody to use was that they would do IT contracting in the Winter and would do water ski instructing in the summer. Equally known somebody who would contract in the summer and Ski Instructor in the winter. Which gets down to one of the key aspects in any job/work - variation, if done right can be as good as a break. Just need to look at all the options and get the balance that works for you. I just hope more public transportation systems adjust pricing to not punish those working shorter weeks as is the case with the model used in many places today (trains, buses).