At the moment the job market is in the employers favour. Very frustrating.
EmmForce1 on
I recently went from back to 5 days after taking Mondays to look after my son.
God, 5 days is absolute shite. Much less productive, much more tiring.
Potential-Secret-760 on
Wait until you experience the joy of 4 on, 4 off. Book 4 days holiday, get 12 days off.
Only downside, luck of the draw working public holidays.
pokemonpokemonmario on
I skimmed the article and it doesn’t seem to mention which companies so could easily be fake news
Cynical_Classicist on
Cue articles in the rags about how people have to be working more.
Takaxhi666 on
4 day week so that means longer days? 10-12h days? Fuck that
Jurassic_Bun on
Great though it should be 4 days of 8 hour shifts. It is about time for the sake of our domestic economy, local communities, health and society as a whole that people now begin to reap the benefits of past productivity growth.
kali-ctf on
The UK being a consulting economy, I’m interested to know how 4dw plans account for a 20% drop in revenue.
4 days a week is a lost day of day rates.
Do we accept that rates will go up dramatically, pay people less or give up on T&M and move over to entirely fixed price?
bobblebob100 on
If it works for some great, unfortunately wont ever happen where I work
PunchUpClimbDown on
Uhh… but what are we going to do about things like manufacturing, construction or schools? Are we all going to be happy to pay more for our products because they take longer to produce or need more staff to do it in 80% of the time? Are we happy for kids’ education to be shrunk to 80% or affected by having multiple teachers?
Same group of people also can’t WFH
Or is this a classic case of I’ve got mine by the office workers?
Anyone got a solution for these industries?
Turbulent_Pianist752 on
I only picked and researched 3 or 4 at random from first few pages.
There are a lot of architect and media companies on that list though. 10 and 12 people companies from quick check. Maybe 3 or 4 of those staff are partner / owners or equity holders.
I don’t think this is as great as headline makes out. I’m supportive of 4 day week but there is a load of misinformation out there. Loads of jobs are already squeezed with time, there is no more margin or efficiency left. Most staff have no equity.
Vs saying “200 companies” I wonder how many workers that covers and how many have equity or are employee owned.
Greater employee ownership way ahead IMO.
demidom94 on
Four day weeks with no loss of pay? Absolutely.
Four day weeks of doing 10-12 hour days so I’m still knackered anyway? No thanks. At my current job we only have 35 hour contracts, but they’re over 6 days with absolutely no option to have a normal 5 day pattern unless you reduce your hours and go “part time”. Lots of people have left, funnily enough.
Our society is so backwards – they want growth? They want productivity? Make the “common man” happier and have a better work/life balance, make his pay go further, and you’ll see growth.
_DanielC_ on
So you work 5 days of workload in 4 days and the company pays you for 4 days. Genius!
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At the moment the job market is in the employers favour. Very frustrating.
I recently went from back to 5 days after taking Mondays to look after my son.
God, 5 days is absolute shite. Much less productive, much more tiring.
Wait until you experience the joy of 4 on, 4 off. Book 4 days holiday, get 12 days off.
Only downside, luck of the draw working public holidays.
I skimmed the article and it doesn’t seem to mention which companies so could easily be fake news
Cue articles in the rags about how people have to be working more.
4 day week so that means longer days? 10-12h days? Fuck that
Great though it should be 4 days of 8 hour shifts. It is about time for the sake of our domestic economy, local communities, health and society as a whole that people now begin to reap the benefits of past productivity growth.
The UK being a consulting economy, I’m interested to know how 4dw plans account for a 20% drop in revenue.
4 days a week is a lost day of day rates.
Do we accept that rates will go up dramatically, pay people less or give up on T&M and move over to entirely fixed price?
If it works for some great, unfortunately wont ever happen where I work
Uhh… but what are we going to do about things like manufacturing, construction or schools? Are we all going to be happy to pay more for our products because they take longer to produce or need more staff to do it in 80% of the time? Are we happy for kids’ education to be shrunk to 80% or affected by having multiple teachers?
Same group of people also can’t WFH
Or is this a classic case of I’ve got mine by the office workers?
Anyone got a solution for these industries?
I only picked and researched 3 or 4 at random from first few pages.
There are a lot of architect and media companies on that list though. 10 and 12 people companies from quick check. Maybe 3 or 4 of those staff are partner / owners or equity holders.
I don’t think this is as great as headline makes out. I’m supportive of 4 day week but there is a load of misinformation out there. Loads of jobs are already squeezed with time, there is no more margin or efficiency left. Most staff have no equity.
Vs saying “200 companies” I wonder how many workers that covers and how many have equity or are employee owned.
Greater employee ownership way ahead IMO.
Four day weeks with no loss of pay? Absolutely.
Four day weeks of doing 10-12 hour days so I’m still knackered anyway? No thanks. At my current job we only have 35 hour contracts, but they’re over 6 days with absolutely no option to have a normal 5 day pattern unless you reduce your hours and go “part time”. Lots of people have left, funnily enough.
Our society is so backwards – they want growth? They want productivity? Make the “common man” happier and have a better work/life balance, make his pay go further, and you’ll see growth.
So you work 5 days of workload in 4 days and the company pays you for 4 days. Genius!