pan_demoniumSep 29, 2023
Rhode PVD

For anyone who is considering it for their own org, I shifted my org to a four day workweek several months ago, just as others globally are starting to (including, civil servants in Scotland!)

100% endorse. We are getting the same amount of work done because we are less bored, stressed and tired. We all take off Fridays. Everyone’s pay remained the same.

Some people use the time for a paid second gig. Others to volunteer or like me, to read a book with a cat snuggled near by.

#4dayworkweek

Sep 29, 2023 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadSandra Schwab has movedSep 29, 2023
@Rhodepvd Oh, that sounds awesome. I wish they would introduce a 4 day work week in Germany.
Show threadRhode PVDSep 30, 2023
@ScribblingSandy Many orgs do it informally here on Fridays in the summer (we are The Ocean State) and it made me wonder why not try this year round? Then I ran tests at other orgs I ran and finally set a new company policy at my own current one this year. Also gotta say news from other countries influenced me.
Show threadaztecladySep 29, 2023

@Rhodepvd the corporation is considering this--but of course, then they'll only pay for the 36hrs we'd nominally be working, and our pitiful benefits would suffer accordingly.

We already get the equivalent of a 1% raise when we are lucky, so you can imagine how much more fucked up this will be for us.

(or rather, those who survive the upcoming round of cuts)

Show threadRhode PVDSep 30, 2023

@herhandsmyhands FFS. Fucking idiots.

It’s not about the hours your ass is in that chair. It’s about:
- The tasks getting done and done well
- You not quitting, because losing a trained worker costs $$$ for HR, hiring, training, morale

A good, reliable person who gets the thing done and doesn’t cause team drama…that’s gold for management.

Show threadaztecladySep 30, 2023
@Rhodepvd One would think, right? And yet.
Show threadMaggie MaybeSep 29, 2023
@Rhodepvd I might have been able to stay in the workforce longer had this been the norm a decade ago. For those of us with chronic illness, having one day where we can definitely make doctors appointments and not get hassled for it can make it or break it. Even when it was just chronic migraine, working at a law office that had half days on Fridays at least gave me four hours a week during the business day I could take care of things.
Show threadRhode PVDSep 30, 2023
@maggiemaybe I’ve always wondered if there was a correlation, for some people, between working more days than their body wants them to, and chronic migraines. I know migraines have many other causes, but it might be true for some
Show threadQuixoticgeekSep 30, 2023
@Rhodepvd I've been on a 4 day week since 2020. It's been brilliant. I rotate each week to give me a 4 day weekend every 2 weeks. Highly recommend. One of the best work based decisions I've ever made.
Show threadRhode PVDSep 30, 2023
@quixoticgeek So you work 8 days and take four off? That’s interesting. Not sure if I could do that (I’m 61 and still recovering from burn out), but it’s an experiment worth considering
Show threadQuixoticgeekSep 30, 2023
@Rhodepvd no. Mon-thur one week. Tues-fri the next. Gives me a 4 day weekend, then a 2 day weekend. I have a colleague who works the inverse, so we always have cover 5 days a week. You can do a lot with a 4 day weekend
Show threadRosemary McNaughtonSep 30, 2023
@Rhodepvd in the 20-21 school year my school did Monday-Thursday in person and then Friday at home with a couple zoom classes and office hours from about 9-1. While there was so much to hate about that year, the Fridays were so nice to have! I could make a nice Shabbat meal for my family every week instead of crashing exhausted into the weekend.
Show threadRhode PVDSep 30, 2023
@sufficiency “crashing exhaustedly into the weekend” is incredibly well put. Life shouldn’t just be work and recovery. Life needs room for LIFE
Show threadAutistic Innovator Sep 30, 2023
@Rhodepvd I used to have a job with 4-day work weeks. 4 days a week we did 10 hour days + 30 min unpaid lunch. My job took me only an 1 hour a day to do. I wrote articles and built my online store at that job. They gave me my own office and no one ever saw me because I was always in there with the door shut lol. I definitely didn’t need to be there 40 hours a week, but I was vastly underpaid at $13 an hour so I had to be.
Show threadRhode PVDSep 30, 2023
@ashleyspencer that sucks. Youturned it into a benefit, but it can’t have been fun working for people too stupid to use your skills and time properly, nor to pay you properly.
Show threadAutistic Innovator Sep 30, 2023
@Rhodepvd What was even worse… when I left they hired someone overseas for $10 an hour so they didn’t have to pay $13 and give them bonuses.
Show threadCavyherdOct 2, 2023

@Rhodepvd

Yeah, well, except. Ours went from 5 8hr days to 4 10hr days. The only reason this didn't squash me flat was that I've always been a part-timer, so my schedule stayed the same. On that one day of the month I have to conform to the common schedule, though, I come out at the end of it looking for people to murder but too damn exhausted to do so.

Show threadPusher Of Pixels (old account)Oct 4, 2023
@Rhodepvd one obvious/frequent question 4 8s or 4 10s?