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Lol, what a scam, 4 day work week but you have to be in the office. I live close to Shoreditch but preparation time and travel both ways is easily 2 hours a da

Lol, what a scam, 4 day work week but you have to be in the office. I live close to Shoreditch but preparation time and travel both ways is easily 2 hours a day (for some of my colleagues that would be 3+ hours a day). If you went from working from home 100% 5 days a week to working from the office 100% 4 days a week results in the exact same amount of time, except you remove all the monetary savings from working from home (~100GBP in travel alone). No thank you.

drclau 4y ago
Scam is a bit strong. But I can see leadership wanting everyone back to office for whatever reasons, and out of fear of people leaving if they are forced to return to office, they came up with this 4 day work week thing to make it attractive enough for people to stay.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  Scam is strong? They tell people they will spend 20% less time to work-related activities which as I said is a lie. Not only will they spend just as much time for work, it will be more unpleasant and more costly than working from home.
  - realharo 4y ago
    Calling it a scam is completely inaccurate, scams rely on people not being aware (on some level) of what they're signing up for, and on people making promises they don't intend to keep. Here it is perfectly clear what everyone's getting. Tons of people would prefer a 4-day in-office work week over a 5-day remote work week. You may not, but there are many who do.
kristiandupont 4y ago
The fact that this wouldn't be favorable to you given your particular situation does not make it a "scam".
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  It does. They claim 80% of time but it's not true at all as I explained before. Not only that but the cost for the individuals is huge when going back to the office. You must not live in London to comment that.
  - willbw 4y ago
    I think its farcical to claim that a 4 day week is a 'scam' because you find it offensive for whatever reason. Its still an improvement on the 5 day week and something atypical. I am not sure what you think a 'scam' is but we have different definitions. The number of people who are working from home will not be 100% nor will the number of companies working from home exclusively be 100%. Given we have had limited time to run this experiment, perhaps it would be good if we didn't just jump to conclusions that working from home is the be all and end all. The office has had a pretty good run of productivity over the last century.
    - alarmingfox 4y ago
      They have marketed this by saying they will be working 80% of the hours they use to work yet they want their employees to travel to the office? Surely the hours they've cut for their employees will now be lost travelling to the office and back instead? I'd rather work a 5 day week if I could work from home then a 4 day work week and have to travel to the office
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TheGigaChad 4y ago
TrackerFF 4y ago
My "commute" is 5 mins each way. Would love to try out a 4-day week.

drclau 4y ago

Scam is a bit strong. But I can see leadership wanting everyone back to office for whatever reasons, and out of fear of people leaving if they are forced to return to office, they came up with this 4 day work week thing to make it attractive enough for people to stay.

iLoveOncall 4y ago
Scam is strong? They tell people they will spend 20% less time to work-related activities which as I said is a lie. Not only will they spend just as much time for work, it will be more unpleasant and more costly than working from home.
- realharo 4y ago
  Calling it a scam is completely inaccurate, scams rely on people not being aware (on some level) of what they're signing up for, and on people making promises they don't intend to keep. Here it is perfectly clear what everyone's getting. Tons of people would prefer a 4-day in-office work week over a 5-day remote work week. You may not, but there are many who do.

kristiandupont 4y ago

The fact that this wouldn't be favorable to you given your particular situation does not make it a "scam".

iLoveOncall 4y ago
It does. They claim 80% of time but it's not true at all as I explained before. Not only that but the cost for the individuals is huge when going back to the office. You must not live in London to comment that.
- willbw 4y ago
  I think its farcical to claim that a 4 day week is a 'scam' because you find it offensive for whatever reason. Its still an improvement on the 5 day week and something atypical. I am not sure what you think a 'scam' is but we have different definitions. The number of people who are working from home will not be 100% nor will the number of companies working from home exclusively be 100%. Given we have had limited time to run this experiment, perhaps it would be good if we didn't just jump to conclusions that working from home is the be all and end all. The office has had a pretty good run of productivity over the last century.
  - alarmingfox 4y ago
    They have marketed this by saying they will be working 80% of the hours they use to work yet they want their employees to travel to the office? Surely the hours they've cut for their employees will now be lost travelling to the office and back instead? I'd rather work a 5 day week if I could work from home then a 4 day work week and have to travel to the office
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TheGigaChad 4y ago

TrackerFF 4y ago

My "commute" is 5 mins each way. Would love to try out a 4-day week.