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Ask HN: Would you pay for simple PostgreSQL email integration?
1 points by philmcp 5y ago|5 comments
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by philmcp 5y ago
From an employers perspective, I believe there are many advantages: - 4 day week job listings get 15% more applications [1] - Staff will be more productive. Microsoft experimented with a 4-day work week and productivity jumped by 40% [2]
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by philmcp 5y ago
I'm not advocating anything for the current employees, I'm only advocating this for new employees . I think this is where we have gotten confused so I'll update the original post. Also I'm currently running a poll and
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by philmcp 5y ago
I'm not saying "change your entire process". All I'm saying is: If you are struggling to hire (good) developers, consider offering what the majority of them want , but few companies offer. The quality of candidate will
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Ask HN: Would you rather work 4 days per week for 80% salary?
85 points by philmcp 5y ago|119 comments
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by philmcp 5y ago
Ah damn that sucks, what mobile / browser are you on? Mobile works ok for me, but then again I've only tested it on 1 phone / browser (!)
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by philmcp 5y ago
Cheers mate - really appreciate it! More jobs (e.g ML) getting added soon, just need to convince more companies to consider applications for a 4 day week
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by philmcp 5y ago
I agree with this for those trying to create their own business. I disagree for most salaried positions though - soft skills, politics and luck play a huge role
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by philmcp 5y ago
During lockdown I was feeling pretty burnt out myself which got me thinking: why are basically all jobs 9-5, 5 days per week? Why is there no variation on this model? It annoyed me so much that I decided to create https://4daywee
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by philmcp 5y ago
Ah that sucks. I just downloaded Firefox for mac and it loads ok, must be a Debian issue, will need to try and get a Debian boot to fix, damn
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by philmcp 5y ago
I'm the same - I just launched https://4dayweek.io/ which may be of interest to you :)
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by philmcp 5y ago
Damn, thanks for letting me know... will look into it. Any error message?
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by philmcp 5y ago
Thats so cool! I wasn't aware of this. I wish more companies were as open as this to flexibility, it almost feels like a 'taboo' subject
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by philmcp 5y ago
Upvote for mentioning a 4 day week - couldn't agree more It amazes me more companies don't offer this benefit (even for 20% salary cut) so much so that I just launched this: https://4dayweek.io/
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by philmcp 5y ago
Offer a 4 day week. I've been searching for a role which fits this description since I left Uni and I finally found one It amazes me that more companies don't offer this benefit (even for a 20% cut in salary!) when the demand is s
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by philmcp 5y ago
Thanks :) It's still early days regarding the 4 day week but more and more companies are making the switch. Of those who have switched, almost all of them have had no salary drop (e.g. Buffer.com) but admittedly there are only a handfu
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by philmcp 5y ago
There's a happy medium imo. Output / value vs hours has diminishing returns over time and such: - 4 days != 80% output (it's more like 85%) - 3 days != 60% output (it's more like 70%) I may be biased though as I run ht
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by philmcp 5y ago
Imo all jobs should also be offered as either 5 days or 4 days (@80% salary) as a minimum. The lack of flexibility annoyed me so much that I built https://4dayweek.io/ Software jobs with a better work / life balance
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by philmcp 5y ago
It's currently 4:20pm on Ed Balls day for me, an incredible moment
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How to be a more productive Software Engineer(4dayweek.io)
3 points by philmcp 5y ago|0 comments
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by philmcp 5y ago
Thanks, ye I don't recommend doing this in your full time job but I think it's ok for side projects. I've added a disclaimer to the top of the article :)
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How to become a more productive Software Engineer(4dayweek.io)
3 points by philmcp 5y ago|2 comments
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by philmcp 5y ago
I run https://4dayweek.io (Software jobs with a better work / life balance) so I am obviously going to be bias but I think there are are significant benefits in adopting a 4 day week (although admit its not a 1 size fits
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by philmcp 5y ago
Thanks! I definitely think there are so many advantages of a 4 day week: - Higher productivity (i.e. most Fridays are slow / inefficient) - Reduced burnout / better mental health - Better staff retention - 4 day jobs get more appl
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by philmcp 5y ago
Hi all I've been feeling very burnt our during lockdown so I decided to make a job board listing only software engineering jobs with a better work life balance, hope you like and feedback welcome :)
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Show HN: Software engineering jobs with a 4 day work week(4dayweek.io)
2 points by philmcp 5y ago|3 comments
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by philmcp 6y ago
I recently launched: https://4dayweek.io/ Software jobs with a better work life balance. Might be of interest!
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How to find a part time programming job(fourdayweek.io)
1 points by philmcp 6y ago|0 comments
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by philmcp 6y ago
In years to come we will look down on the 5 day working week in the same way we currently do with 15hr factory shifts during the industrial revolution. It absolutely blows my mind that 99% of office roles are still 5 days / week, Monda
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by philmcp 6y ago
Sorry, I wasn't talking about a compressed 5 day week. I was talking about 4 x 8hr days @ 80% of salary. There are many companies starting to offer this, some at full salary.

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