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I'd be interested in a study that looked at 5x6 or something similar. Sure there's 1 less day to the weekend but those shorter work days allow you to do more af

by f1yght 4y ago

I'd be interested in a study that looked at 5x6 or something similar. Sure there's 1 less day to the weekend but those shorter work days allow you to do more after work.

ghaff 4y ago
That sounds like a recipe for working more hours and severely curtailing being able to do activities with other people. My main objection to the 4-day workweek is it optimizes for people who want a shorter workweek with a possible tradeoff of curtailing the ability to take big chunks of time.
- aetherson 4y ago
  Working a 30 hour workweek constitutes "a recipe for working more hours and severely curtailing being able to do activities with other people"?
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  - ghaff 4y ago
    Yes. Because people end up working extra hours on the days they're working, especially if they have a commute, and they just have the overhead of getting settled in the now 6-day workday. Furthermore, weekends are the time a lot of people get together for activities.
    - vineyardmike 4y ago
      > in the now 6-day workday I think its 6 hours for 5 days a day not 5 hours for 6 days a week. I agree with your point that when people do work on a day its easy coerces them work longer hours that day.
    - ScoobleDoodle 4y ago
      I read it as 5 workdays for 6 hours each. I think this is what they meant. It appears you read it as 6 workdays for 5 hours each.
      - ghaff 4y ago
        I think you are correct. I was thrown off by the one less weekend day but I think that was relative to a 4-day work week--not the status quo. I'd still rather than the 4-day week and/or just more vacation days in general.
      - danaris 4y ago
        That contradicts f1yght's note that "there's 1 day less to the weekend". It's possible they're misunderstanding how 5x6 is intended to work, but they are the ones who introduced it to the thread.
        f1yght 4y ago
        My comment was relative to the 3 day weekend of the 4 day workweek
        aetherson 4y ago
        I think they were contrasting the number of days in the weekend to the other possible reduced hours proposal: 4 days, 8 hours (so 3 day weekends), and suggesting 5 days, 6 hours (2 day weekends, one less than the alternative).
rootusrootus 4y ago
That sounds awful. I'd rather have 3x10.
- f1yght 4y ago
  Different priorities for different people, I don't mind doing a few hours but really value having time to exercise, cook, and have general free time. I don't think 10 hour days would leave me with much time to do the things I want every day.
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    I agree, everyone will have different priorities. A ten hour day still leaves me around six hours of awake time, so I could fit everything else I wanted into that time and then enjoy the heck out of the four completely open days I had left.
benji-york 4y ago
I don't have a study, but an anecdote: for the last 18 months or so, I've worked 32 hours a week. Originally, I thought I would work 4x8, but as time went on, I really enjoy working 5 or 6 or 7 hours a day, depending on my desire and the work needing to be done. It's really nice to be able to not set an alarm and just wake up and work whenever you're ready or be able to take an afternoon off and take the kids to the park if you feel like it.

by f1yght 4y ago

I'd be interested in a study that looked at 5x6 or something similar. Sure there's 1 less day to the weekend but those shorter work days allow you to do more after work.

ghaff 4y ago

That sounds like a recipe for working more hours and severely curtailing being able to do activities with other people. My main objection to the 4-day workweek is it optimizes for people who want a shorter workweek with a possible tradeoff of curtailing the ability to take big chunks of time.

aetherson 4y ago
Working a 30 hour workweek constitutes "a recipe for working more hours and severely curtailing being able to do activities with other people"?
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- ghaff 4y ago
  Yes. Because people end up working extra hours on the days they're working, especially if they have a commute, and they just have the overhead of getting settled in the now 6-day workday. Furthermore, weekends are the time a lot of people get together for activities.
  - vineyardmike 4y ago
    > in the now 6-day workday I think its 6 hours for 5 days a day not 5 hours for 6 days a week. I agree with your point that when people do work on a day its easy coerces them work longer hours that day.
  - ScoobleDoodle 4y ago
    I read it as 5 workdays for 6 hours each. I think this is what they meant. It appears you read it as 6 workdays for 5 hours each.
    - ghaff 4y ago
      I think you are correct. I was thrown off by the one less weekend day but I think that was relative to a 4-day work week--not the status quo. I'd still rather than the 4-day week and/or just more vacation days in general.
    - danaris 4y ago
      That contradicts f1yght's note that "there's 1 day less to the weekend". It's possible they're misunderstanding how 5x6 is intended to work, but they are the ones who introduced it to the thread.
      - f1yght 4y ago
        My comment was relative to the 3 day weekend of the 4 day workweek
      - aetherson 4y ago
        I think they were contrasting the number of days in the weekend to the other possible reduced hours proposal: 4 days, 8 hours (so 3 day weekends), and suggesting 5 days, 6 hours (2 day weekends, one less than the alternative).

rootusrootus 4y ago

That sounds awful. I'd rather have 3x10.

f1yght 4y ago
Different priorities for different people, I don't mind doing a few hours but really value having time to exercise, cook, and have general free time. I don't think 10 hour days would leave me with much time to do the things I want every day.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  I agree, everyone will have different priorities. A ten hour day still leaves me around six hours of awake time, so I could fit everything else I wanted into that time and then enjoy the heck out of the four completely open days I had left.

benji-york 4y ago

I don't have a study, but an anecdote: for the last 18 months or so, I've worked 32 hours a week. Originally, I thought I would work 4x8, but as time went on, I really enjoy working 5 or 6 or 7 hours a day, depending on my desire and the work needing to be done. It's really nice to be able to not set an alarm and just wake up and work whenever you're ready or be able to take an afternoon off and take the kids to the park if you feel like it.