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I currently do this, but I work all 5 weekdays. I just work shorter days Monday - Wednesday.

I love it, it is my favorite perk of the job I have. I'm able to use my afternoons to exercise, take care of chores around the house, and run errands if necessary. My night after dinner time is completely free.

Another perk that's similar but not exactly the same thing is flexible schedule, meaning if I have something to do during work, I can "make up the hours" later. This is especially powerful when you work 80% time normally.

I would say that the reason most companies don't want to do 4 day weeks is because of meeting schedules. This is why I'm here each work day; so I can be at my team standups every day.




I agree, I work part time (30hrs) at a company in Germany where "full time" is 35 hours/week, which more and more companies adopt here.

It's great. I'm done early in the afternoon and there is plenty of time left to spend with my family.




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