• lichtmetzger@feddit.de
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    I’m doing a real four day workweek since the beginning of this year and I’m never going back. And by “real” I mean 4x8 hours.

    There are so many companies out there trying to push 4x10 as a benefit. Dude…that’s just the same amount of work in one day less. I want to get more work life balance, not burn myself out faster than before.

    A lot of old farts telling people like me we are too lazy and need to work harder. Their rage is my fuel. Since the economy is fucked anyway and working late into the night only benefits my employer, I might as well just take a little salary loss and do the things I like instead.

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      Since productivity is similar over 5x8 and 4x8 surely 4x10 just means more hours of mouse wiggling right?

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    I don’t even work for someone and I fully support this. 5 day work week is an artifact of a different time.

    Life isn’t about working.

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          Definitely. I’m pretty sure the vast majority of Americans would love to have the social services available in most of Europe (vacation time, parental leave, universal healthcare, universal college-level education, etc.). They just have no idea it’s even an option.

          My favorite is always American boomers complaining about universal healthcare being “socialist”…while being on Medicare. I give up.

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    Work From Home was a big cultural change for the country, and we all see how that went (even after initially lauding it). I’m not holding my breath on this. Anything that reduces stress on the employees would never get commonplace, because stress is how they keep the workers in check.

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    4-10s is common in heavy industry. Same number of hours, but you get a lot more weekend and weekends with stats are even better.

    I’ve worked such a work week, and would heartily endorse it.

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      As someone working in IT, this sounds horrible for productivity. I can barely remain productive for a full eight hours, longer days would exacerbate the problem.

      Probably better to have 5-6 for me. Almost the same as 4-8 but you cut only the least productive hours so it’s more efficient.

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        Tbh having a set amount of work hours across jobs comes across as unwise. Each job is going to have different sorts of demands and the length of work sessions & number of breaks should be adjusted accordingly for each.

        For some jobs a longer work session with sufficient breaks may prove better, whereas other jobs, absolutely not, it becomes performative rather than productive.

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          Exactly. Try telling a firefighter working a Kelly schedule they now have to work 5 8 hr days with weekends off.

          You will no longer have firefighters. How every job being different is lost on people I know not. Probably all the tech bros thinking their experience is the norm.

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        Agree. 8 hours is a struggle. You get 5 hours of serious focused attention from me…then I lose steam and half heartedly answer questions and fight to keep my eyes open and focused or zone out in a meeting. But the 5 hours I do is laps around my coworkers and solid friggin work. Also to note I work remote and it’s the only reason my 5 hours is so fruitful.

        10 hours would be a nightmare.

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        That’s why it’s perfect. Just screw around for the extra hours and you get another day that isn’t tainted with work stank. Just having work that day ruins the day for me. 4x8 is ideal, but I’d settle for 4x10.