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A 3-Day Weekend...Every Weekend?

• kzahel 13y ago
  Great idea! If I ever take a salary position again I'll definitely make this a part of my employment agreement!
• apercu 13y ago
  Unfortunately all we have is small sample size data. There just aren't that many companies that do this. That's too bad. I have managed between 125-150 people in my career (direct reports). All a 48 hour, 5 day work week does is force them to surf facebook and call their banks during core hours. I've asked my team over the last few years to give me 32 "billable" hours a week. I don't care how you do it as long as it's predictable. Ownership (at the company I am transitioning out of) is relatively conservative. I wonder if this approach will last beyond me. In my experience people are simply not that effective when they work too much. And too much might be 49 weeks a year with the occasional holiday at 40+ hours per week. Output and productivity are difficult to measure these days. Companies seem to be holding on to methods they can understand and quantify, like rear ends in seats Mon-Fri.