4day work week: 100% pay if workers promise to maintain 100% of their productivity

[sdifox]

Just looked up 9/80, is 8 9-hour days accurate? I'm able to get in the weeds pretty deep and I feel like I'd be hard pressed to actually commit to 9-hours straight of work in a sensory deprivation chamber, much less a normal work environment (or wfh). That sounds like a terrible waste of time.

80 hours over nine days. Basically every two weeks you get a day "off"

 

[KMFJD]

Perfect, that will allow us to work 3 additional days at the part time job we will have to work because our main ones wages aren't keeping up with the cost of living!

 

[Fenixgoon]

4day work weeks would be great. No I don't want to do 4x10 cause I'm already burned out after 8. Just do a 32hr week.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

^^^ As long as you only expect 32 hours of pay and loss of all benefits since you would no longer be a full time employee, fine.

 

[Ajay]

I've only ever rarely done over 40 hours in a week over the past 20+ years, I will only do it in unusual circumstances. Any place that it occurs regularly doesn't value their employees, is poorly managed, and can fuck off.

Late 90s, early oughts. I was ambitious and wanted promotions and the accompanying pray increases. Went from 33k to 85k in 5 years. So, I did it to myself for the sake of my family's long term financial stability. Others stuck with ~40 hours a week and got were I was (senior engineer) in around 8 years but with a salary of ~70k. The plan didn’t include maintaining that pace forever.

 

[nakedfrog]

^^^ As long as you only expect 32 hours of pay and loss of all benefits since you would no longer be a full time employee, fine.

Said the guy that's been off for 4,000 days? Get fucked. You sure love your corporate overlords, huh?

 

[nakedfrog]

Late 90s, early oughts. I was ambitious and wanted promotions and the accompanying pray increases. Went from 33k to 85k in 5 years. So, I did it to myself for the sake of my family's long term financial stability. Others stuck with ~40 hours a week and got were I was (senior engineer) in around 8 years but with a salary of ~70k. The plan didn’t include maintaining that pace forever.

I don't regret my decision to not give them more of my life than they were paying for

 

[Ajay]

I don't regret my decision to not give them more of my life than they were paying for

A worthy choice. We wanted to prioritize allowing my wife to be a stay at home mom (we were hoping to have 4 kids, give or take). Ultimately, due to fertility issues, miscarriages and then some adoption issues (grrr), none of that came to pass.

 

[Fenixgoon]

^^^ As long as you only expect 32 hours of pay and loss of all benefits since you would no longer be a full time employee, fine.

Gotta have that wage slavery

 

[Fenixgoon]

A worthy choice. We wanted to prioritize allowing my wife to be a stay at home mom (we were hoping to have 4 kids, give or take). Ultimately, due to fertility issues, miscarriages and then some adoption issues (grrr), none of that came to pass.

Sorry to hear that. Must be/have been very tough for you and your wife 😢