My husband implemented the four-day workweek (4 days / 10 hours) for his company in 2024 and it proves to be popular with the employees. I know there are many workweek variations, so I’m curious which one you’d prefer the most.
Well first im going to assume a 40 hour work week which its just a sin that it has not been reduced and further worse with unpaid overtime. But will assume 40 hours. I will also assume wfh as that makes a difference. Yeah 4 day 10 hours is likely best and I would further like to start at 9am because I don’t like to wake up to early but for a 10 hour day doing any later becomes a bit problematic.
The ideal schedule for me is one that allows flexibility. How many hours they want? 40? 60? Okay, as long as I’m able to manage the time I’m fine with it. Usually I prefer at least one weekday free.
I found 6 hours a day with flexible working times quite comfortable, working from home monday to friday. 10 hours would be way too long for me, can’t even really stay concentrated on work for 8 hours.
This! Wouldn’t complain about 6 hours and 4 work days tho:)
4 days a week, 4-6 hours per day. Having a third weekend day is wonderful, and it really helps with running errands and making appointments. And I have a hard time doing anything for more than 6 hours in a day tops. Unless I’m on my meds, I’ve got about 3 hours of focus before lunch and three after, and that’s it. Which isn’t much of a problem in my current role, where I usually have more time than I need. What I hate the most is the obligation to sit at my desk for 8 hours a day, every fay, even when there’s nothing to do
10 to 6 (with the occasional overtime) with 1 to 1h30 lunch break, 4 days a week.
Missing rush hour twice a day. Very nice.
“We don’t care when or how you work, just get your work done and be available for calls when needed.”
Easier said than done but there are a few positions where this sort of thing is possible.
When I was young Ioved a 3x12 schedule, three twelve hour days with a day off in between, something like T-F-D or W-F-D, and noon-midnight the important thing being to work Friday and Sunday nights.
Now that I’m middle-aged with kids, my ideal is more like a 6x6 in the morning, ideally M—S 8:30a-2:30p.
I’ve shifted to 7-4 and it made a huge differenc e post kids. If my company would let us bounce before 4, I would do a shorter lunch and earlier start but it is still way better than getting home at 5:30 or 6.
I had to change to part time work because medical reasons, but they didn’t actually care what hours I worked. After a bit of experimentation, I found 9am to 1pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday to be my perfect work week.
The less, the better
Zero is ideal
It depends on the job. For research I prefer everyday but not too many hours.
I’ve worked a bunch of different schedules. I like to call myself a full stack help desk (IT).
So far my favourite has been on call nights from home.
workweek
It’s okay to write it with the hyphen still in-place. If you’re going for English, it’s correct to do so.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/workweek The dictionary writes it with no hyphen.
Do you write week-end, too? Week-day? Work-day? If you’re making that claim, I hope you’re sticking to archaic spelling completely!
I have a 10-8-8-10 work week. 4 days on. 3 days off. I love it. And it’s in a retail environment too which is like a holy grail sometimes.
I did four 10s the last decade, but a promotion moved me to five 8s. I tell people I’d give $5k a year to go back to four 10s.
4 x 8.5 or i’m out
