How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling It Off

Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling... by bluefishinit on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:46PM (#37709902)

> Germany, it feels like some individuals prefer to work as little as possible, maximize their earnings, and are resistant to fixed deadlines or essential tasks and meetings. This trend is concerning, and I'm genuinely worried about what the future holds for our industry here.

You should rest easy because all of those things lead to more relaxed and happy employees which leads to less turnover, better output and higher quality software. Software development is a creative field and companies that treat it at as such are rewarded.

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Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling... by pelasaco on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:40PM (#37710941)

> You should rest easy because all of those things lead to more relaxed and happy employees which leads to less turnover, better output and higher quality software. Software development is a creative field and companies that treat it at as such are rewarded.

That's populism. Software development can be some moments very creative and fun, but it is mostly a hard work. Specially as full stack dev/devops, doing scrum, you have to do everything.. filling bug, tracking problems, looking at telemetry, deploying, discuss new features, improving pipeline..

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