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I have been working 4 days a week for a couple of companies in the past, and I didn't like it. In the beginning the extra day off was great, but after a while I
by misja111 5y ago
I have been working 4 days a week for a couple of companies in the past, and I didn't like it.
In the beginning the extra day off was great, but after a while I got used to the long weekends. What I didn't get used to though was to switch back to working mode every Monday. This was much harder after 3 days off than after a normal weekend; 3 days was just enough to get in a 'holiday mode' so every Monday felt like the first day after a holiday. Not very pleasant.
In the end I even started to do some work on Sunday afternoons so the switch wouldn't be so abrupt. So instead of working a full working week I was now working 4 days paid and half a day unpaid, which doesn't make much sense of course.
- bloak 5y agoWhat do you think it would have been like if you'd taken Wednesdays off instead of Fridays?
- misja111 5y agoNo idea. I also thought it would be great to work 4 days before I actually tried it a couple of times. So I find it really hard to predict how it will feel in reality.
- stavros 5y agoI've been working four day weeks for five years and have the opposite experience. The weekends feel twice as long and the week half as long. I love it, it's a great balance between work and rest.
- notahacker 5y agoI worked four days week for six months and had the middle experience: frankly it wasn't really that dramatic a change! (Especially not compared with being a freelancer with less work and an almost fully flexible schedule). Imagine it'd have been different if I'd had kids or used the long weekends to visit someone a fairly long distance away.
- joelbluminator 5y agoSo do 5 short days instead of 4 long ones, problem solved
- misja111 5y agoYes that would probably work much better.