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Very common in Oil & Gas companies to offer 9/80 schedule where you work 9 hrs Monday - Thursday, 8 hrs Friday and this way every other friday can be off. There

Very common in Oil & Gas companies to offer 9/80 schedule where you work 9 hrs Monday - Thursday, 8 hrs Friday and this way every other friday can be off. There was another co offering 4/10 where every friday is off

chasd00 5y ago
i like my company where you work 5 10hr days then two days off then another 5 10hr days and two days off and so on. ;)
- bilal4hmed 5y ago
  LMAO I had a different reply lined up, then I read the comment again and did a doubletake
- sokoloff 5y ago
  Do you have the option to work 4 or 5 hours on the 2 days part of the schedule as well?
  - chasd00 5y ago
    oh yes! that idea was so great they made it mandatory.
  - Brian_K_White 5y ago
    Unless they correct the wording of their comment, the 2 days part of the schedule is Saturday and Sunday, and this result in a 0 days off schedule.
    - flatiron 5y ago
      Their comment was that they also got to work weekends.
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deadbunny 5y ago
There are multiple studies that claim working longer doesn't increase productivity so why would 9/40 or 410 make any sense over 48?
- strken 5y ago
  Without seeing those studies and knowing how they define "longer" it's hard to say.
- xp84 5y ago
  Managers who have the power to do this can't allow their teams to work any less than the "default" 40hr week, because then the first time any outcome doesn't go as planned, the person most incentivized to knife them in the back in that company's politics has an easy way to do it: "See, we would have hit goal xxxx if Steve's team wasn't a bunch of lazy SOBs who take Fridays off!" Heck, in many companies I've been in, I've even been made to feel inferior/lazy for not working a bunch of (obviously free) overtime. And I've never even worked for a startup where there was a realistic possibility of stock-option riches, where I can understand why some would be willing to make personal sacrifices for a couple years in the hopes of life changing exits.
gundmc 5y ago
I think this has become less prevalent in Oil and Gas - it's my understanding that both BP and Chevron have gotten rid of this relatively recently.
- bilal4hmed 5y ago
  I dont know about BP, but I was with Chevron till last month. Its definitely around and no plans to drop

chasd00 5y ago

i like my company where you work 5 10hr days then two days off then another 5 10hr days and two days off and so on. ;)

bilal4hmed 5y ago
LMAO I had a different reply lined up, then I read the comment again and did a doubletake
sokoloff 5y ago
Do you have the option to work 4 or 5 hours on the 2 days part of the schedule as well?
- chasd00 5y ago
  oh yes! that idea was so great they made it mandatory.
- Brian_K_White 5y ago
  Unless they correct the wording of their comment, the 2 days part of the schedule is Saturday and Sunday, and this result in a 0 days off schedule.
  - flatiron 5y ago
    Their comment was that they also got to work weekends.
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deadbunny 5y ago

There are multiple studies that claim working longer doesn't increase productivity so why would 9/40 or 410 make any sense over 48?

strken 5y ago
Without seeing those studies and knowing how they define "longer" it's hard to say.
xp84 5y ago
Managers who have the power to do this can't allow their teams to work any less than the "default" 40hr week, because then the first time any outcome doesn't go as planned, the person most incentivized to knife them in the back in that company's politics has an easy way to do it: "See, we would have hit goal xxxx if Steve's team wasn't a bunch of lazy SOBs who take Fridays off!" Heck, in many companies I've been in, I've even been made to feel inferior/lazy for not working a bunch of (obviously free) overtime. And I've never even worked for a startup where there was a realistic possibility of stock-option riches, where I can understand why some would be willing to make personal sacrifices for a couple years in the hopes of life changing exits.

gundmc 5y ago

I think this has become less prevalent in Oil and Gas - it's my understanding that both BP and Chevron have gotten rid of this relatively recently.

bilal4hmed 5y ago
I dont know about BP, but I was with Chevron till last month. Its definitely around and no plans to drop