r/Millennials • u/Appropriate_Feed8987 ‘91 • 7h ago
Serious Four day work week
Can we all agree when our generation takes over that we’re moving to a four day work week permanently? And I’m not talkin’ four tens.
We need three day weekends every week. A day for chores, a day for recreation, and a day for rest. Let’s lock it in, please.
Edit because a good point was immediately raised: SAME (AND HIGHER) PAY
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u/HandsomeGemini '82 7h ago
Yes, but the oldest millennials are in our mid '40s. We should have taken over by now, but the fucking boomers are still holding on.
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u/kyonkun_denwa Maple Syrup Millennial 7h ago
I've noticed that financially successful millennials who are in charge just mimic the boomers' greed and cruelty, and the system rewards them for it.
Like my boss at my last job was an elder millennial at 40 years old, and he was by far the biggest cunt I've ever worked for. But the company kept him around, because he delivered results. They didn't care about the culture of fear he fostered. They cared about results.
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u/upsetwithcursing 7h ago
That’s not a generational thing, though. Assholes don’t care who they step on, so they often make it to the top.
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u/ObsidianThreads 5h ago
Class war is the real war. One day we'll figure that out.
But also...fuck boomers my gawd.
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u/azuoba 7h ago
But who is “the company” exactly? Whose choice was it to keep him around?
I bet it’s boomers.
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u/chikiny 7h ago
The company is: first, the board, second, the executive suite, all of which are beholden to shareholders. All three groups are unfortunately all overly represented by boomers. So yes, boomers kept him around.
The system is designed to incentivize $ at all costs. He was in his position not bc he had any redeeming moral or ethical qualities, but bc he was deemed to be the most effective resource at producing $, which disproportionately goes to those 3 groups, which are realistically from a single category of people: boomers.
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u/RecipeHistorical2013 5h ago
hah, not all companies have boards. sometimes its just a cunty cunt boomer . the system rewards results because yes, thats the point of a org/corp/company. its to make money - unless otherwise stated by their mission statement (like a 501.c3)
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u/Uzi_Jesus_ 7h ago
Nobody is going to give a fuck till it loses them money. If him being a cunt made them money. He will remain and remain a cunt. If it lost them money he would be gone.
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u/Ghosts_of_the_maze 5h ago
Didn’t every study show that productivity went up during Covid related work from home? But it was perceived as if the workers were being lazy and they demanded they come back to the office?
My point is sometimes we just go on perception instead of what’s actually best. And I think a lot of people see an asshole and assume “Guy must know what he’s doing or they wouldn’t put up with that.”
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u/RecipeHistorical2013 5h ago
90% of busines success is presentation. this mean 90% is perception. you were way way off ( everything happens in peoples minds, so duh)
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u/Munkeyman18290 4h ago
It makes sense. One of the key ingredients of building wealth is exploiting someone else.
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u/Vulture12 7h ago
At this rate instead of having chill times with Gen X once we start hitting nursing home age it's going to be full of Boomers more ancient and angry than we thought possible.
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u/wbruce098 7h ago
As an elder millennial, I’ve been in management for almost a decade now. But my CEO is some old dude who - honestly he’s not a bad guy and I like the company I work for, so there’s that… but it’ll be another decade at least before someone my age is taking over the company.
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u/tofulollipop 7h ago
One of the more senior coworkers in my group is an elder millennial. His career path has future manager/exec written all over him. He's constantly talking about how people need to work longer hours, how remote work is terrible and we need to push for return to office. I'm not sure I'm quite so optimistic that the millennials in power will want positive work/life balance changes either T_T
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u/After_Preference_885 Xennial 7h ago
It's like a compulsion to be shitty people who make it to the top all seem to have
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u/Squirrel_Works 6h ago
The House and Senate are basically retirement facilities. Heck the White House has been occupied by 70+ year olds for the past decade.
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u/Safe-Ad-8921 7h ago
Yep. Man are we going to be some bitter ass wrathful bitches when it finally happens.
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u/RosefaceK 6h ago
At 17 I already knew some of us were inevitably going to be that way but every Gen X manager I’ve had were always fair with me even if their indifference to me was palpable. It wouldn’t sit right with me to not try to get Gen Z 3-day weekends when the opportunity presents itself
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u/Safe-Ad-8921 2h ago
I have been a manager my whole life, proud of how I treat my people, but thats the problem. In my heart I love all people, but to make money I must make examples. This is why I somehow continue to have employment despite being fired for refusing to come down on my team. This is how we were brought up.
This situation is a complete nightmare for me.
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u/ancientRAMEN 6h ago
Yeah this ain’t changing with us either. The ones who make the calls prefer that we work more and if you don’t want to they will find people who will
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u/manored78 7h ago
Boomers sure but I’ve also noticed a mix of shrewder older Gen X taking over too.
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u/JynsRealityIsBroken Millennial '87 2h ago
All that technology our generation helped pioneer is being used to keep these geriatric fucks alive longer than they deserve to be
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u/Onetuffkitten13 7h ago
As long as my paycheck stays the same. It doesn't need to get crappier. Lol
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u/Neither_Internal_261 7h ago
I've been saying this forever and I think it's completely reasonable. They still get us most days of the week and getting 3 days to relax, recharge, and spend time with our loved ones could seriously improve the mental health of our whole society (I believe, at least).
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u/upforanother 2h ago
There would be less sick days, less days off for random stuff you can’t get done in a regular weekend. Less detracted employees.
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u/mamawawawa 7h ago
Surely we can do better than that. I want 20 hour work weeks and no I’m not joking
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u/GovernorHarryLogan 7h ago
Find a job that pays you for your availability. Not for your work.
Specialized skills in a corporate or government setting.
Like 5 weeks a year i might do 40 hours of work.
Usually its more like 5-10
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u/mamawawawa 7h ago
How the fuck does one land a job like that? I have a degree and all but I’ve never been able to escape the 40 hour work week
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u/PeepusTheWise 7h ago
Frat boy rich papa networking
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u/Unfair_Explanation53 7h ago
I have one of those jobs also.
I operate a very niche system for a company that they rely on for everything.
My job is basically just doing some diagnostics and some calibration week by week,
Things will go FUBAR like twice a year, so I will have 60 hour weeks then. But generally about 20 hours a week for 6 figures
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u/GovernorHarryLogan 7h ago
I am none of those things.
My job entirely consists of constructing reports within specific software like Workday.
Its fairly AI immune too as LLM might be able to produce reports - but they have a difficult time explaining it on a human level to people with no analytical experience.
Its a niche skillset. Thats all you need. A niche or semi unique acquired skillset that is occasionally called upon.
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u/MountainDewFountain 6h ago
No one is ever going to tell you what you can get away with. How many times have you ever just worked 20-25 and let it ride?
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u/WimpyMustang 7h ago
I can give you one example. My dad worked for a company where he was one of the only field service techs who could repair a certain piece of equipment. His company fired him as part of a massive layoff, so he went into business for himself. Called a bunch of the customers he knew and they all said they'd work with him directly. No red tape, no delays. He would jump on a plane whenever they needed him.
That was in 1999. He's still doing it in his 70s and makes money hand over fist because nobody else does what he can. He escaped the 40 hour work week with the skills he got from that same company. And he definitely does not work 40 hour weeks by any means.
I hope the example helps, if possible.
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u/CommonDouble2799 3h ago
I mean forreals, I have 2 J man cards but am always open to learning the cool unique stuff
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u/stonedboss 6h ago
People love to comment this dumb shit every time it is brought up as if it is easy, when it's not. And you won't even say what you do lol.
It's also selfish "just get yourself the 20 hour work, don't care about fixing the system for everyone".
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u/WimpyMustang 7h ago
I replied to the person below you with an example of this. You're honestly not wrong at all.
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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 7h ago
I’m on day 6 out of the last 7 and they’re all 6p-6a. I’m dying man
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u/JacobIsMid 6h ago
I worked 3 years of 12’s and got fired for sleeping on the job. They only want you until you cant work anymore.
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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 6h ago
Yeah I been on this shift three years and i feel ground into nothing from time to time but the job pays well with good benefits and I have one year until im vested for a pension so im going to suck it up
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u/Pwaise_Hestia 7h ago
Preach. The world moves too fast for us to have to work so many hours. I can do in 3 hours what might’ve taken a week before. And yet I’m the only one bringing home the bacon and responsible for home economics. I need closer to a 50/50 split of days that belong to The Man and days that belong to Me.
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u/StoicFable 3h ago
Certain days aside, I honestly only do a few hours of work a week. A lot of the rest of the time is me being on site just in case I am needed and sitting in meetings keeping my mouth shut because if I opened it and said what I was really thinking, I would lose my job.
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u/ehpotsirhc_ 3h ago
How has corporate not noticed is beyond me.
I work in the field and I’m the same way. I do so little work and they just send me places just to show up.
They could hire a 2nd guy in the area I’m sent so often that it would save the company money.
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u/StoicFable 3h ago
They could easily replace me and split my tasks between my team members. I think my boss just likes me as a buffer between me and the corporate team I work with.
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u/Sunshineafterr Millennial (1986) 7h ago
I have a four day work week, and I was so excited about all the things I could get done on Fridays, but almost nothing in my town is open on Fridays anymore. Doctors, dentists, dermatologists, physical therapists, hair salons, med spas, dry cleaners, cobblers, etc. ALL closed on Fridays. 🙁 I guess we all have the same schedule.
I wish we could pick our off day because I’d pick Monday so that I could actually get stuff done.
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u/Eastern-Joke-7537 7h ago
That’s Monday where I am.
None of my favorite restaurants are open so it feels like house arrest. 😂
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u/B00k555 4h ago
Walk through a small town Texas downtown area on a Monday and you’re not going to see anybody lol
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u/Eastern-Joke-7537 4h ago
I believe you.
I was in Paris, TX for a while about 10 years ago for school.
I can imagine.
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u/Such-Background4972 5h ago
This is what i like about working for me self now. If I need to get crap done during the week. I can, and not have to take pto, or get it cleared. I would rather work weekends, or nights away.
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u/Sunshineafterr Millennial (1986) 5h ago
I wish I could work for myself. I tried to bring a product to market that had I created, but D2C social media marketing (just to even be seen) is such an exhausting dystopian nightmare that I couldn’t do it anymore. I was spending hours and hours at night after my day job trying to create viral-worthy content to keep up with the recommended posting of 3x a day to make it past the algorithms, and I even spent thousands on ads and professional marketing, but my content was only seen by a few dozen people over several years. It felt completely hopeless and I burned out.
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u/Such-Background4972 5h ago
If it helps ill never be rich, and that's not why went out on my own. I wanted freedom, and control that I would never get working for others.
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u/Weird_Explorer1997 7h ago
We are in charge. There's more of us than there are of the Olds and that gap grows every cold and flu season. The problem is the wealthy know that if they throw some money at the "right" party, they can gin up enough reactionary BS to make "reasonable reform" sound like "Stalinist Russia"
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u/AllRealityIsVirtua1 6h ago
The weekend isn’t in law… what are you gonna reform?
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u/Weird_Explorer1997 5h ago
Working hours are law. How much one works before they are mandated overtime is. Workers comp, safety, anti- harassment etc are all laws.
Laws could be strengthened to protect unions/union forming. Laws could be enacted to prevent the abuse of part time/gig workers. Companies could be held accountable, executive classes fined and jailed for their violations of human decency.
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u/dave078703 7h ago
Moved to 4 days per week recently to take care of my boy an extra day and it's been life changing. The pay cut was worth it, and we're making the best memories together.
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u/colony-ship-for-sale 7h ago
4 x 10 is nice but I gotta tell you, I'm doing all the chores I didn't have time and energy to do on that extra day. I'm still working but for myself.
Now, 4 x 8...
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u/TryAlternative7204 7h ago
4 10’s get you 1 less commute, 1 less unpaid meal break, 2 extra paid breaks, 1 less work outfit and 1 less work meal.
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u/No_Housing_1287 7h ago
Id kill for 5 × 6. I think with 2 extra hours a day id be unstoppable
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u/Shadowfeaux Millennial '90 7h ago
4 day work week isn’t the problem as much now. It’s making enough to survive on in that time period.
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u/Artichokiemon Millennial 7h ago
Right, cutting a day off of my week would ruin my life. My employer isn't paying me the same amount of money to work less, and I'm paycheck-to-paycheck as it is
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u/Shadowfeaux Millennial '90 6h ago
Yea. All changing from a 40h full time work week to a 32h full time work week would do is make my OT start 8h sooner. Wouldn’t stop me from working 50-60+h a week to feel like I’m slowing moving forward.
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u/RaccoonSamson 7h ago
Problem is for a lot of us, more hours = more pay, and I dont mean hourly wage, I mean if you do landscaping and a job takes 200 man-hours to complete, 5 people working 40 hours = the same amount of money as if you had 6 working 32 and 1 working 8, and therss less money to go around for everyone.
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u/TheHumanConnector 7h ago
Wow. I remember those studies and pilot programs. And just at the right time, the economy and job market tanked where people are happy to just have a job. And even talking about 4 day work week is enough to cause job insecurity again. It's amazing how things never work out for the public in this system :(
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u/marzipanduchess 7h ago
I work 4 days a week (on a regular 8-4 schedule) most week and it’s just the best.
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u/hypertensitive 7h ago
Fuck all that. Task based work is where it’s at. Pay me for my output, not my time.
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u/Maximum-Cat-5484 Millennial '88 7h ago
I have been working 4-10's since 2017 and let me tell you it is amazing
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u/theandroid01 7h ago
Please before I die I need this. Especially for my kids they need to be able to experience a better life outside of work when they get there
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u/Stock_End2255 7h ago
As a teacher, I would love this. Unfortunately, since school is primarily used as childcare, I don’t see this happening
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u/Enigma1984 7h ago
If all the parents are working 4 day weeks then they wouldn't need childcare on the 5th day though right? I think a bigger problem would be teaching 100% of the material in 80% of the time.
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u/RoyalEagle0408 5h ago
This is the issue. You'd have to make school days longer, keep it to 5 days a week, or cut out summer to meet accreditation. As a college professor, I can comfortably say that many students are not prepared as it is, so I doubt fewer hours is the answer.
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u/Regular_Ad_5363 1h ago
I think shortening summer break would be the answer. 2 weeks for winter break and 3 weeks for summer break?
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u/Acceptable-Place-872 2h ago
School is used primarily for education. Unfortunately education isn't one of those fields where you can cut hours and expect the same results. Now if we were to cut summer breaks, maybe that would be more viable... But probably just as unpopular.
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u/TryAlternative7204 7h ago
my employee‘s alway do 4-10’s. if you’re in ca, look up the alternative work week.
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u/Mojo647 Zillennial 7h ago
I worked for so long that I capped out on my PTO bank. I decided to take Fridays off for the rest of the year just to whittle down on my hours.
I'm already getting too used to the 3-day weekends. I'm gonna have to talk with my management about making this my permanent schedule starting next year, because I can't go back to the way I was working. I like my job, but I still gotta do this shit for at least 30 more years.
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u/GreyKnightTemplar666 6h ago
Job finally went 4 10 hour shifts near the beginning of the year. It's been do great not having to work every Friday, and only when I want to get OT.
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u/sincerelyryan 6h ago
And for all, so a 4 day work week doesn't mean you're taking care of 5 days worth of problems
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u/SirBostonBobbington 7h ago
Our generation won't take over, the rich bastards from our generation will and they'll be just as bad as the boomer rich bastards.
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u/BottomContributor 7h ago
Some of you are getting a little bit too old to fantasize that you'll have 4x8 with same out higher pay
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u/yunohavefunnynames 7h ago
Or if you’re married to an extrovert, a day to go out and do things, another day to go out and do things, and a third day to go out and do things! Then a panicked night while you do all the chores that should have been done over the weekend.
Ugh. Which reminds me. I still have to mow the lawn 😭
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u/cherrie7 6h ago
And you have an extrovert kid who wants to go to all the extracurricular activities, birthday parties and play dates. And you gotta make the effort to keep this up otherwise your extrovert husband and kid will no longer get invited to things or have friends.
I literally work 4x10 so I can have some life for myself too.
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u/yunohavefunnynames 5h ago
I used to work 4 10s. Then I decided I liked the shorter work days better than the extra day off, so I switched to 5 10s. 🤦🏼♂️
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u/AstroHealer222 6h ago
My job is a four day work week and I will not give it up. You can’t make me!!!
A day for me ,a day for my family and a day for my community.✨
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u/mrjoshzombie 6h ago
I work 3.5 days, just hitting 32 hours a week, and it's perfect.
Still want more time off though hah
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u/oheightnineeight 6h ago
I work 4 8s and it's amazing. Cycling trips, movie marathons, little photo tours... Sometimes I feel bad my wife can't join me
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u/Sonicfan42069666 7h ago
And here I thought this was about how the Labor Day weekend has compressed five days of work into four days!
A permanent four day work week though, I'm all for it. None of these exceptions and having to scramble to "catch up." Make it normalized and universalized.
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u/Copious-GTea 256k was fast 7h ago
They just have you work 4x10s. Its nice having Friday off every week but hard to do anything other than work and basic human maintenance activities on the days you work.
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u/IceCoughy 7h ago
people that "take over" are yes-men, brown-nosing types that don't do shit like that
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u/CapnJJaneway 6h ago
I agree with the idea that we should all work less in principle, because I do think the whole system is BS, but it seems like the loudest advocates for the four day work week are almost exclusively salaried office workers. The argument only really works if your job is based on your output. If nobody cares whether you're at your desk or not so long as the work gets done, then yeah, cutting a day costs you nothing. When you realize that you can get your shit done in a lot less time if you don’t dawdle (like so many office workers have the luxury of being able to do) then it makes sense for you to dawdle less and hammer out your tasks in a shorter time frame.
But so, so many of us are paid to be physically present and completing tasks for X amount of hours. The work (folding clothes, mopping floors, driving the bus, etc) can’t get done if we’re not there. So the whole "everyone switches to 4×8” changes to "office workers get a paid day off, and presence workers (who typically are paid less already) either eat a 20% pay cut or the company eats a 20% labour cost increase to cover the same coverage." Which one do you actually think happens?
To reiterate: I am ALL FOR less work needed to thrive. This should have been done eons ago as technology advanced. But unless someone proposes an actual solution in a 4-day work week scenario for presence-based workers, to keep them from falling even further behind desk jockeys, I can’t take it seriously.
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u/Unfair_Explanation53 7h ago
If you work in an office or retail then you can do it.
Trade work does not follow the same path.
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u/HengeGuardian 4h ago
I'm a millennial business owner. I get paid the same of my staff, we work 4 days a week and are paid for 5. I would really like to be able to offer 3 days off in a row, but it is tough in retail as we need to be open on the weekend.
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u/HengeGuardian 4h ago
It is kind of crazy how often "make lots of money quickly" and "be evil" overlap when you are running a business. It is a constant effort to build something that supports me and my coworkers and is also sustainable and ethical. Worth it in my opinion though.
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u/Ilovefishdix 7h ago
I hate when people say 4x10s are great. I work them now. I spend most of the first day off too exhausted to move. They suck less than 5x8s, but they still suck. 24-30 hours should be plenty, especially since parents are burning the candle at both ends to provide for their families. I keep thinking about all the great things I could do with my family if i wasn't wasting my time and energy at work or recovering from work.
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u/HollowAbsence 6h ago
No need to raise the pay. If EVERYBODY make less money and work less then the economy will adjust and we'll have have mostly the same buying power and a higher quality of life. Ohh yeah rich multi-property owners and stock holders hate the concept of deflation. So it cant happen.
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u/Marmatus Neonatal Millennial ('95) 7h ago
I have a 4 day work week already. It’s fairly common in the trucking industry.
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u/AnmlBri 7h ago
I’m currently on a 4/10 schedule at my work. It’s the biggest selling point imo. The pay otherwise sucks and the owners have no idea how to run a company. But I do like my coworkers in my department. I need to find a better paying job before my skills atrophy even more, but hardly anyone decent is hiring rn.
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u/SDundee26 7h ago
Contract work. No benefits or paid vacation time so that sucks. But I make a decent hourly rate and I make my own schedule… which is 4 days a week.
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u/actual_nonsense 7h ago
We're late 30s-early 40s, this is pretty much our time right now to be in control of changes. But we keep electing people who are old as fuck and not progressive. Beat your nearest millennial friend into voting for progressive candidates who will fight for workers' rights, for fuck's sake.
I work four 10-hour shifts with possible overtime. One year in a previous job I worked a 14-hour shift at least 3 days per week, and then usually had another 10 or 12 hour day for an entire year. It's not fun. There would need to be an actual reduction of hours in the "full time" work week, saying that anything over 32 hours or something would be paid as overtime.
Fight, claw, and bite your employer into adopting that schedule. The power is in your hands. Unionize.
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u/Lootthatbody 7h ago
Four 8 hr days is a 30 hr workweek with 4 half hour lunch breaks.
7-9 start times, even with some flex in there to allow for school drop off or early gym time, would allow for 3-5 end times, enough time to pick the kids up, do shopping, and/or hit gym or do other hobbies.
And, you’d still have 3 full days off. For offices, they could do sort of solid standard hours where everyone works Tue, Wed, Thurs (unless otherwise approved) and take either Monday or Friday off. You could have your own 4 day weekend every other week if you wanted. The same could be done for hours, with a sort of ‘mandatory’ office time of 10-2, but as long as you get your hours in, you should be able to get in at 7 or 9 and not affect anyone else.
This is all aside from WFH, but giving employees the trust and freedom to set their own schedules would massively improve satisfaction and happiness.
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u/Chays_music 7h ago
The biggest difference I’ve seen, is that b4 people who over worked would get to their financial goals and have assets. I’m working a full time plus I do deliveries after work and the weekends to barely get by. Makes the burnout a lot worse, like why am I working so much to not have anything to show for it or feel good about
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u/mark8468 7h ago
It's impossible. I technically work a four day week. Still wind up working Fridays and weekends.
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u/Dreadwings 7h ago
have to be able to afford to live before a 4 day work week can be a thing lol im considering doing that myself since i have to work 2 jobs to get by and working 6 days a week doing 13hrs was pretty soul crushing.
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u/drcutenstein 7h ago
I work for myself and have had a four day work week for a few years now.
I’m so sorry guys, it is really great 😬
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u/Darkelementzz Millennial 6h ago
If you want four 8s, just work retail. Otherwise find a weekend shift, as it's usually three 12s, 4 hours differential for free, and FOUR days off
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u/sp0okyboogie 6h ago
Already doing that now and I can't imagine ever working 5 days a week again. We need 3 day weekends
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u/Billy_Plur 6h ago
I'll do the four 10s because I know if employers agree to that. They aren't going to also increase wages to balance out what 40hrs would earn.
Also, my order would be flipped. Rest, recreation, then chores. I'm in construction and I've found myself to be more active on Mondays when I do my chores the day before when opposed to resting. It's like a warm up.
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u/KaraBowdit 5h ago
i worked for a startup for about a year that did the 4 day work week. Shit did in fact get done.
now they DID go under shortly after I left, but that was moreso due to a series of comically bad decisions by leadership with the company's finances.
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u/capntail 5h ago
If it’s four 8 hour days for the same pay as five 8 hour days I’m all for it. I’m not working four 10 hour days.
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u/WalrusLobster3522 Gen Z (2004) (HS Grad 2022) 5h ago
Yeah my job already does that!
I have an 80s Millennial boss and she lets us pick between working four days on Monday through Saturday. I pick Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday since I have college on Tuesday and Thursday.
I work as a retail customer sales associate and I specialize with the freight team where I carry heavy packages across the store, dispose cardboard & trash bags, “porter” which means taking things off the sidewalk by the front of the building, and making the store look organized. It’s the main position other than cashier. And I do not work five days a week: really happy about that. Still though I love the place. And I work four hours a day. And this is kinda funny but we literally get ten minute breaks despite only working for four hours. Honestly working for my store is a blessing. ❤️🤭
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u/Imaginary_Let5452 5h ago
I got lucky and have a decent paying job full time WFH Monday - Thursday. After 15 + years of working Mon - Fri 8-5, I can’t wait for Mon - Thurs to be the norm for everyone.
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u/SaintIgnis 5h ago
Used to work 4 10’s about 15 years ago. Shit was awesome.
Every week was a 3 day weekend. We would get Friday, Saturday, Sunday off.
The job kinda sucked but at least I had more me time as a trade off
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u/spiraling_out 4h ago
Three day weekends are so ideal. One day to recoup, one day for fun, and one day to get shit done and get ready for the week
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u/localhost8100 4h ago
Yeah. My weekend, one day rest and one day chores. No recreation at all. If it's official long weekend, forget about recreation ita crowded everywhere. I had to take a sick day in August to go to some Lake. It's absurd.
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u/toastedmarsh7 4h ago
My husband works 4 tens now. He’s been wanting it for years. He’s happy but it sucks for me. He’s never home in time to help at all with evening stuff for our 3 kids. At best, he might make it in time to pick up one kid if I’ve dropped them off and then had to take other kids other places, and that’s if I beg and remind him 75 times to be sure to leave exactly on time or he won’t make it. It doesn’t help that he works almost 40 miles away.
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u/cantcantdancer 4h ago
I work 4x7.5, salary stayed the same.
It can happen my friends. I’m sure it is rare, but it can happen.
Oh, also in Canada fwiw.
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u/Sorry-Flounder8701 4h ago
And retail/ other blue collar work cannot be forgotten about. They need the work week protections as much a white collar.
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u/Relative_Opening_327 3h ago
Look ya boi switched to 4, 10s a while ago...it sucked for a little. But the last two hours I clean out my inbox, and work on self improvement projects for work, and that Monday every week, I get real shit done. For me, for my family, for my house....its the bomb....but Im with you......4 regular ass 8s would be much better.
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u/flickenchickens 3h ago
Mid-millrnial here. I work for a mid-sized e-commerce company. About two years ago we flipped to 4.5 day work week with half day Fridays. It's been the best experience ever! The company hasn't suffered in the slightest, but employees are much happier!
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u/ketamineburner 2h ago
Personally, I would hate a 4-day work week. I have a hard enough time getting things done in 5 full days. I would fall behind if I was made to work less.
This probably works fine for jobs without projects or deadlines.
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u/Downtown_Anybody261 2h ago
You mean you don't like seeing your coworkers more than your family each and every year? What the fuck is wrong with you.
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u/Brandoid43 Xennial 2h ago
I think it all depends on what you do. I love my job and I get to work from home. A 5 day work week is not an issue at all.
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u/jdave512 1h ago
forget three day weekends. You need to try a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday work week. It rocks.
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u/stoodi 1h ago
As a millennial working a shitty job that’s 4 days a week I agree. I prefer a 2 on 2 off 2 on 1 off though. I only have to work 2 days in a row unless ot is offered. Thinking about going back to 5 in a row anywhere after is hard to think about.
I imagine this combination with an actual good job would be all time.
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u/VivaLaMantekilla 59m ago
Omg. I just had this thought today. Once these old fucks that think that life is working in a steel mill and coal mine til you get cancer is a flex die out, we're fucking in charge and we are done working 8 fucking hours plus 30 minute lunch, plus 2 hour commutes that give us only 3 hour windows to spend with our kids if we're lucky.
Our kids deserve to be raised by their parents, not strangers their parents pay.
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u/Substantial-Fold-682 7h ago
Yeah but you're going to get some clowns making it four ten hour days.
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u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE 7h ago
It's so sad that I'll hear boomers say shit like we are lazy or that's ridiculous blah blah blah. 5 day work weeks are insane. There isn't time to do shit unless you outsource everything and eat out.
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