PuzzleheadPutt t1_j2mnk89 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 1:35 PM

My company did something sly to get ahead of the 4 day workweek trend.

Awhile ago they started offering any employee the choice of a 4 day work week, at a 20% salary decrease.

It is always good to have flexibility, but I can’t help but think they made this decision expecting the 4 day workweek trend to take off and they don’t want to lose labour from any current employee.

Sirerdrick64 t1_j2msdez wrote on January 2, 2023 at 2:18 PM

This sounds good until you consider that you will likely still have the 5 day workload and just have to do it over 4 days.
Is that the case?

PuzzleheadPutt t1_j2mtl0a wrote on January 2, 2023 at 2:29 PM

No the expectation is that you would have reduced workload.

Sirerdrick64 t1_j2n98en wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:26 PM

That is nice then.
My industry / role wouldn’t allow for that unless ALL companies bought into the idea, which I frankly don’t see ever being the case.

Seraphzerox t1_j2n0cxi wrote on January 2, 2023 at 3:22 PM

In all the studies so far the employees on these shifts get more done. It's something to do with being happier with your personal life and free time so you work harder and more productively.

Sirerdrick64 t1_j2n94md wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:25 PM

I get that and greatly enjoyed my 4 day weeks when COVID first arrived.
It even came with the 20% pay cut which didn’t bug me.
The workload for my industry back then was reduced however so that lessened the blow.
Today we are busy again so I am not sure that having a three day weekend would be the same boon to me.
I would have the same workload over 4 days that I would have normally had over 5 days.
I would also be contacted on my fifth day due to the nature of my role.
Maybe other industries would work differently.