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Good question. I am a software developer in Germany and on every interview now and then I ask for the 4-day-week. It was denied 11 times so far. Most employers
by metadude 11y ago
Good question. I am a software developer in Germany and on every interview now and then I ask for the 4-day-week. It was denied 11 times so far. Most employers consider this to be a joke and cannot believe I am serious.
After half a year in a company you have a right to get into part time work, but there are some requirements that have to be met and every employer I talked to in my career so far was very... unhappy when asked about it.
- Tx3 11y agoInteresting! I tried to switch for 4-day work week earlier when I worked in consulting firm and the excuse was that it's harder to allocate me to a project. I asked that isn't four days easier to allocate than five days as it means less allocation? Would it be easier if I would work 6-days week? Never got answer. Most of the excuses are bullshit. The truth in consulting business is that they don't get as much money from you (even if you cut 1/5 from your salary).
- ghaff 11y ago> The truth in consulting business is that they don't get as much money from you (even if you cut 1/5 from your salary). Well, that's true of most jobs. If your job is directly tied to revenue production, you're certainly counted on to bring in more money than your (fully-burdened) cost. But I can see it being a particular problem in consulting.
- Qantourisc 11y agoThat just plain sucks and is narrow sighted of them !