Should people over 40 work a three-day week?

Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by acconrad on Monday August 08, 2016 @12:51PM (#12249124)

The article's title says a 3-day week, but the actual study more specifically said a 30-hour week.

Or, put it another way, The Guardian can't even summarize it's own articles properly, because there was no recommendation as to how those 30 hours should be split up.

Personally, I'd prefer 5 6-hour days to 3 10-hour days.

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Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by codingdave on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:39PM (#12249491)

I work from home, so am able to set my own schedule, and tend to do something more like 10-20 blocks of 1-3 hours each, over the course of a week. They are not evenly spread out... I work when I am energetic and alert enough to be the most productive, balanced with the responsiveness required to meet the needs of the business.

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Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by dasmoth on Monday August 08, 2016 @02:38PM (#12249919)

Sounds like heaven to me.

Are there times you have to be available, or are you able to be entirely async?

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Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by codingdave on Monday August 08, 2016 @04:35PM (#12250677)

Mostly async. There are some tasks that end up getting schedule at specific times -- conference calls, code deployments (sometimes), etc. But The vast majority of time is flexible. It really is a great setup for coding.

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Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by mason240 on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:23PM (#12249353)

I would much prefer 3 10 hour days, and I would be be able to accomplish more in that time than over 5.

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