Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week

Re:Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day wor... by assblaster on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:01PM (#18737477)

The question I have is... Why am I an outlier? What if this could work at a corporate level where employees are happier because they can work more hours some days and fewer hours on other days?

Instead of 8 hour work days each week with 6 weeks of vacation, wouldn't it be nicer to work just 5 hours a day for 365? Or maybe a few days with 3 hour days and a few days with 8 hours? This seems so much more relaxing than crunching 8 hour days every work day.

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Re:Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day wor... by fhbdukfrh on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:50PM (#18737796)

If I'm hiring super creative or deep planning or design roles i want "bursty" people who can do super intense periods, more common lower intensity cycles and then recharge for a planned period of time.

If the workload dictates requirements I'd love to find anyone who wanted a constant queue of variable days but I've never met them aside from contractors who want a minimum and will bill extra, but they still seem term-based and want vacation.

At a managerial level i can plan around predictable days off, but not variable days when i need to coordinate more than a few people.

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Re:Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day wor... by glassesman on Monday December 24, 2018 @08:18AM (#18751997)

When you factor in the commute many of us have, 7 days a week would be horrible. Of the many refliefs the weekend brings, one of them is not having to waste 1.5+ hours in a car.

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