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Billionaire suggests 3-day workweeks

I'm salary. I work on average about 50 hours a week.

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About 25 hours of that work week is spent neffing.
 
Do 12 hour shifts, alternate 3 and 4 day work weeks, it's nice having the time off to do stuff but work totally drains me
 
I'm a grad student and have have been averaging ~14 hours 5/6 days a week the last few weeks. It's amazing how quickly 8 hours go by when you're in a phase of doing close to double that.
 
Jumpem said:
Out. My mind is usually tired around seven hours in.
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Work for six hours, take an hour-long meal/nap break, work for five hours. Easy, right?

TwiceOver said:
Sounds nice, but I'd rather continue my current plan and stop working at 55. 70-75 on average you'll have 5-10 years left, if that, or if you even make it there.
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On the other hand, working 40-50 hours with 2-3 weeks off per year hardly counts as living, when compared with working 33 hours with about thirty weeks off per year. Why should life start at retirement?

On top of that, the less people are "retired", the better. Long retirements lead to a lot of difficulty and uncertainty in financial planning.
 
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Sounds nice, but I'd rather continue my current plan and stop working at 55. 70-75 on average you'll have 5-10 years left, if that, or if you even make it there.
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
A buddy of mine does this at a hospital. I am insanely jealous.
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My wife has worked these hours for years as an RN, both night and day shifts. It's a lot harder than you think. Those three days (which often end up being 14 hours or more just like an 8-hour day can easily become 10) knock her out for a good part of what remains of the week.
 
I did 7 PM to 7 AM as a computer operator back in the 70's for 6 months and it was nearly disastrous for me. I went to classes 8-11 AM 3 days a week also. I was a virtual zombie and had a very serious bicycle accident due to drowsiness. Luckily I still lived at home at the time and my parents convinced me to quit the job & go to College full time.
2 words to the Billionaire circadian rhythms
 
Markbnj said:
My wife has worked these hours for years as an RN, both night and day shifts. It's a lot harder than you think. Those three days (which often end up being 14 hours or more just like an 8-hour day can easily become 10) knock her out for a good part of what remains of the week.
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Yep. At my last job, I worked 10.5 hour days three days a week. Saturdays were 8 hours but then I'd go volunteer to get work experience in my field of study, so those became more like 12 hour days. Sundays weren't too bad since I got a half day. By the time the weekend rolled around, I was just exhausted. Not to mention both jobs were physical. I'd be washing cars and running people around all day, then spend the evening hauling 40lb TV camera cases.

So if it's a tad annoying when you're in your mid 20s, imagine what it would be like when you're 65. I might do it with a job in my profession, but only with financial incentive. I figure if you're going to pour in long days, better to own the business.
 
Are we working or just putting in time? We seem so fixated on time when we should be fixated on getting things accomplished. One of the benefits of my current position. They are really flexible on taking off early or arriving late provided I get my work done.
 
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