Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees

Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by Aurornis on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:41PM (#42343484)

I had a job that offered your choice of 4x10 or 5x8.

Many people took the 4x10 but then discovered they couldn't handle 10 hour days every day. Like you said, the last 1-2 hours were so unproductive they might as well have been not working.

So some people didn't even try to work those last 2 hours. They'd sit at their desks and watch things or play games, pretending to work when anyone came in. Kind of ruined it for everyone.

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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by xandrius on Saturday December 07, 2024 @03:44AM (#42348275)

So you traded 1 whole day for 2h a day to do whatever you wanted but at the office?

Sounds like you spread Friday across the other days. Still a good deal to me, I'd take some online courses or something I wanted to do anyway in my free time.

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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by pessimizer on Saturday December 07, 2024 @07:21AM (#42349306)

> 2h a day to do whatever you wanted but at the office?

Oh, joy. I definitely wouldn't prefer a prison cell with a bed, tv, bookshelf, and privacy. What were those WFH people crying about?

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