I tried this. For about 4 months I worked for a business 4 days a week.
It was a complete nightmare because I had responsibilities. I found I had to fit 5 days of work in 4, and the day I wasn't there, it didn't seem much got done.
In conclusion, I found that it made me work a lot harder, disconnected me from ongoing projects, playing catch up, and missing important 'meetings'. Not to mention the fact that you're taking a decent paycut for no apparent reason.
That free day didn't end up being productive in any other way nor was it less stressful weeks.
Granted, that business was a mess. But still, I don't see this really working, unless everybody has the same day off and works 4 days a week. Then I think it would be super.
Also if more people work 4 days a week but don't take the same day of the week off, the company turns into a country club, with more gossip and "I wasn't told anything about this" commonly heard.
>> But still, I don't see this really working, unless everybody has the same day off and works 4 days a week. Then I think it would be super
As there's only (currently) two of us, this is quite easy. I have to admit that I wouldn't recommend trying it in situations such as yours was, which is why I added that final line in the article.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 16.7 ms ] threadIt was a complete nightmare because I had responsibilities. I found I had to fit 5 days of work in 4, and the day I wasn't there, it didn't seem much got done.
In conclusion, I found that it made me work a lot harder, disconnected me from ongoing projects, playing catch up, and missing important 'meetings'. Not to mention the fact that you're taking a decent paycut for no apparent reason.
That free day didn't end up being productive in any other way nor was it less stressful weeks.
Granted, that business was a mess. But still, I don't see this really working, unless everybody has the same day off and works 4 days a week. Then I think it would be super.
Also if more people work 4 days a week but don't take the same day of the week off, the company turns into a country club, with more gossip and "I wasn't told anything about this" commonly heard.
My (hurt) 5c.
As there's only (currently) two of us, this is quite easy. I have to admit that I wouldn't recommend trying it in situations such as yours was, which is why I added that final line in the article.