4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity

Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by GordonS on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:47PM (#27572288)

> Almost all white collar jobs in the UK are 35 hours

Are they really? I'm British, and I don't think I've ever seen an IT-based job contracted at only 35h per week. 37.5h or 40h seem to be the norm.

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Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by aiisjustanif on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:09AM (#27661456)

Yah definitely wrong on my part saying “almost all”, Maybe not at an IT specific company? But this is what I’ve seen in IT departments in finance (37.5, 9 - 5:30) and other large commerce (35, 9 - 5) companies, in my short career.

I know some people in France that say 35 hours is mandatory, but some work more anyway.

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Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by loftyal on Sunday June 20, 2021 @03:58PM (#27573373)

I think it means if you assume lunchtime is part of work or not. I'm in the UK, every job I've had is 9-5 or 9:30-5:30, with a 1 hour lunch break.

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Re:4-day workweeks can boost happiness and productivity by jlokier on Sunday June 20, 2021 @08:42PM (#27575152)

I'm in the UK and I don't think I've ever encountered a job with those hours.

The shortest "standard working hours" I'm aware of is 9.00-5.30 with 1 hour for lunch in places with formal time. That's 37.5 working hours.

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