I’m pulling for Monday. Friday’s already mostly a write-off.
Part of me thinks Wednesday. I wouldn’t be surprised to see flex schedules more common in a 4 day work week world
I’m lucky to have been able to experiment a bit with this as my work is flexible and I’m in a pretty good bargaining position. I also do a fair bit of unpaid work out of hours.
Having either Friday or Monday I’ve found to be little different. Having alternating Fridays and Mondays is pretty awesome, 4 days on, 2 off, 4 on, 4 off.
There’s a lot to be said for a mid week day off too. I’m looking at moving to a new employer and hoping to go negotiate a 3 day week, maybe Mon-Tues-Thur for example which will be heaven if I can pull it off.
i will probably die of old age by the time we get a 4 day work week (im early 20s)
This entirely depends on the company and/or the type of work you do. My manager is considering implementing it after I proposed it for our team. That was only a few days ago so we’ll see where it goes.
Unless you do something special depending on the day (like going to church on Sundays), aren’t the two options the same? They are both 4 up 3 down periods.
Exactly! When I first read this post, I thought it was sarcasm. Firstly, the assumption that a 4 day work week is innevitable. And second, if we were gifted such a massive win, the loss of the dreaded “Monday” would not matter because it is just an arbitrary name. There will still be an end to the weekend and start to the week.
So I work annualised hours, based on a 35hr work week. So summer hour are Mon thru Fri 41hrs total, winter is Mon thru Thurs 31hrs total. I actually like the setup, as a mason I’d actually not mind doing longer hours than we are in the summer and even shorter in the winter, as the weather is too shit in the winter to actually get anything done anyway.
My bet is, it’ll be Saturday that goes, finally achieving a 6-day work week.
Someone’s got a bad case of the Tuesdays.
You get your ass kicked for saying something like that.
Once you all agree on a day, let me know and I’ll take the other one. No queues anywhere!
Fuck Monday right off I’m invested in Tuesday hate
Super optimistic title there lol
I’m with Cowbee. I don’t see this happening outside of a few mom and pop places that decide to do it on their own until “government” forces the change. Just look at the 3 letter jackasses freaking out about WFH.
Proper read…
People who think this is happening haven’t learned who owns them. A lot of learning to do.
I was looking for fully remote jobs recently. All the local jobs are back to 3 days in office. One of the recruiters said something like “our employees are happy to go into the office three days a week” and my eyes nearly rolled out of my skull.
“Happy”
It felt more like a threat. Like “if you’re not the type of person to enjoy that then look somewhere else”
Can we do half-days? I would like to take Wednesday afternoon off as well as Friday afternoon. Longer weekend with a little break in the week.
I second this, but only for work from home folks.
4-days-of-work week doesn’t have to be full on-site. I would also like to work from home those mornings and Monday. This way, I’m at the office only twice a week and I never do two days of commute consecutively.
Their point was that working onsite half a day is shit. No one likes commuting to work.
Well it depends on your commute. If you are not stuck by traffic, you could choose to make your way to home a stroll as you know you have nothing to rush for.
How is that better than working from home that half day?
Personal feeling I guess. But I do enjoy that in a way I don’t enjoy getting out for a walk when homeworking.
I also vote Monday. Seems to be easier to get back to work after a Monday holiday vs a Friday holiday.
Alternating Mondays and Fridays. This gets you alternating two day weekends and 4 day weekends
This is a cool idea that I didn’t consider.
That’s an interesting idea. So, effectively you have a 14 day period (AKA fortnight) with 8 work days and 6 days off. While this door is open, we might as well re-arrange the work days however we want. You could have 2 days of work followed by 2 days off until the end of the fortnight when you’ll just have 4 days off.
I sincerely do not know as I’m currently unemployed to try and imagine a 4-day work week. I mean, it would be a good thing, more time to dedicate for things you like the most (such as a hobby and/or family and/or pets and/or entertainment and/or spirituality/beliefs/religion and/or education/courses). But it’d only work if there’s any job. With the ongoing situation with AI replacement, profit-eagerness culture of businesses, I don’t really have optimistic views on the future of employment, with or without 4-day work week.
I have a 4-day work week (32h - fridays off). The 3-day weekend is a game changer.
