I take all my vacation days to give my self several months of “4-day work weeks”, and it’s honestly so much better than working 5 days a week.
During those four days, I get the same or more work done, but it also gives me more time to work on my self-improvement, do more around the house, and get errands done. It also gives me an extra day to relax, if I need it.
I couldn’t imagine how my life would improve if a 4-day work week was the norm.
People on the internet are so quick to jump on the “I can be just as productive working one less day out of the week” bandwagon, but communities on Lemmy/Reddit are filled with much more programmers and people working a standard office job than the average population.
For a very large portion of career fields, it is physically not possible for you to do as much work while working 8 less hours a week.
A tradesman cannot do as many jobs working one less day a week, a nurse cannot care for as many patients working one less day a week, a firefighter cannot put out as many fires working one less day a week, some working tech support cannot fill as many support tickets working one less day a week, a chef cannot make as many meals working one less day a week, the warehouse worker cannot move as many boxes working one less day a week.
Look, I would more than advocate for everyone working less hours a week. But Lemmy/Reddit always seem to forget that there are a zillion other types of jobs out there that are different from their own. You physically just cannot be as productive working less hours for a lot of types of jobs because there isn’t “filler” in the day like many on Lemmy/Reddit describe. I have a job without filler where I physically cannot do the same amount of work in less hours. It would be fantastic, but it’s not something that I could see employers going for for any of these types of jobs.
I take all my vacation days to give my self several months of “4-day work weeks”, and it’s honestly so much better than working 5 days a week.
During those four days, I get the same or more work done, but it also gives me more time to work on my self-improvement, do more around the house, and get errands done. It also gives me an extra day to relax, if I need it.
I couldn’t imagine how my life would improve if a 4-day work week was the norm.
I’ve done the same in the past, it feels weird going back to 5 days
People on the internet are so quick to jump on the “I can be just as productive working one less day out of the week” bandwagon, but communities on Lemmy/Reddit are filled with much more programmers and people working a standard office job than the average population.
For a very large portion of career fields, it is physically not possible for you to do as much work while working 8 less hours a week.
A tradesman cannot do as many jobs working one less day a week, a nurse cannot care for as many patients working one less day a week, a firefighter cannot put out as many fires working one less day a week, some working tech support cannot fill as many support tickets working one less day a week, a chef cannot make as many meals working one less day a week, the warehouse worker cannot move as many boxes working one less day a week.
Look, I would more than advocate for everyone working less hours a week. But Lemmy/Reddit always seem to forget that there are a zillion other types of jobs out there that are different from their own. You physically just cannot be as productive working less hours for a lot of types of jobs because there isn’t “filler” in the day like many on Lemmy/Reddit describe. I have a job without filler where I physically cannot do the same amount of work in less hours. It would be fantastic, but it’s not something that I could see employers going for for any of these types of jobs.