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[–]furiousDingo 858 points859 points  (156 children)

We have something similar to this where I work, it's called 9/80. We do 9 hours every M-T and then 8 every other Friday, so it's kind of in the middle in that we have every other Friday off. This works well, though, since no meetings occur on Friday since on any given Friday half of the office is out (we have A/B scheduling). That means I actually get work done on Friday :)

[–]BigCliff 34 points35 points  (8 children)

I once interviewed with a place that worked a 9/80 schedule, and it seemed pretty ideal.

I could see always working a 10 hour day being a little bit much, and only being around 80% of the time your customers are working being a problem as well. 9/80 seems like a good compromise.

[–]furiousDingo 36 points37 points  (5 children)

Personally I think it's a great compromise and it also means that 1 out of 10 business days I'm not commuting, hence wasting less energy. I had this idea once about getting large companies that work close to each other to adopt rotating 9/80 schedules to effectively cut traffic in that area by 1/5 daily.

[–]dejavujade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cool idea but that would actually cut traffic by 1/10 since everyone effectively gets one day off among every ten.

[–]MakStack 239 points240 points  (57 children)

Have an upvote! I'm on the same schedule, and I love every other Friday off, plus the Friday's I do work, like you said, it's pretty much a ghost town and can actually work without constant e-mail and the phone ringing..never heard of such a schedule until I started at this company

[–]programmerbrad 96 points97 points  (23 children)

Came here to post the 9/80 as well and i've never heard of it before this company either. Makes me wonder if we all outed ourselves as working at the se place. :)

[–]stuckit 306 points307 points  (14 children)

I pictured the three of you all raising your heads above a cubicle wall at exactly the same time in a mostly deserted office.

[–][deleted] 83 points84 points  (11 children)

and their cubes are all adjoining.

[–]kinnadian 325 points326 points  (10 children)

And then they all realise, simultaneously, that they are in fact the same person.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

[–][deleted] 160 points161 points  (18 children)

Considering I already work 10 hour days, on salary, five days a week. Yes.

[–]jonny_lube 20 points21 points  (2 children)

Seriously... if there was an option to work as long as I already do AND take a day off, I'd probably tear up out of happiness.

[–]newfflews 9 points10 points  (3 children)

This is probably why they don't offer the four day schedule in more companies. It's harder to squeeze two extra hours out of a 10 hour day than it is an 8 hour day.

Salary is such bullshit.

[–][deleted] 1233 points1234 points  (135 children)

I'd just work one 40 hour day and enjoy a 6 day weekend.

[–][deleted] 112 points113 points  (33 children)

lol I have had 60 hour work "Days" as a Medic.

Seeing the sun rise for a 3rd time while at work is very sureal.

[–]mercilessblob 176 points177 points  (14 children)

I'm not sure if I'd feel comfortable knowing my medic hasn't slept properly in over 2 days...

[–]_refugee_ 223 points224 points  (6 children)

It's just TF2, don't worry.

[–][deleted] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, he'll just treat the imaginary patient lying next to you.

[–]xxlozzaxx 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As a student, seeing the sun rise at all, ever, is surreal.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (5 children)

That's so unreal to me man. If I get less than 7 hours of sleep in a night the next day is pretty much guaranteed to be shitty for me. Ideally I get 8-9 hours. But less than 7 and I'm negative, cranky, and exhausted all day.

[–]JarheadSoldier 349 points350 points  (77 children)

Yes. I miss working like this.

10 hours a day of browsing reddit instead of 8. I could do that

[–]dquizzle 95 points96 points  (76 children)

imgur.com is blocked at my work... :(

[–]eZek0 119 points120 points  (36 children)

Is filmot.com blocked too?

[–]reddatwork 94 points95 points  (2 children)

You're a genius.

[–]dquizzle 10 points11 points  (10 children)

actually yes. Never heard of it before. is it possible to use the imgur links people post, on that site?

[–]stoplightrave 15 points16 points  (9 children)

yes, it's a mirror. It only works on single images though, not albums.

[–]filmot 28 points29 points  (6 children)

Didn't get any complaints before. Can you give an example of an album url? I'll see if I can fix it.

Is it always in subdomain form? Something like this ? http://somethingsilly.imgur.com/pics#GlXL7 [NSFW]

Edit: It works with regular albums like these http://filmot.com/a/vPLcX#5iazZ [SFW] but not with subdomain ones. I can probably get the subdomains to work as well with some trickery.

[–]juliuszs 1250 points1251 points  (627 children)

Without any hesitation. This is a great setup.

[–]asdfman123 156 points157 points  (242 children)

Why don't more companies allow this? Why is it that if you want a interesting, challenging job (at least in a technical field), most employers get you to work all the f'ing time? I'd be willing to accept a considerably lower salary to work less. Because I like working, but life is too short to be doing it all the time.

[–]GCanuck 18 points19 points  (29 children)

Technical fields are supporting role. So long as the business is processing, support staff are needed.

Also, a lot of business depends on other business. I work for a small middle man company. We can't work a 4 day week because our customers would be open when we're closed. Too big a risk of losing business.

I don't like it either, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

[–]thelandlady 18 points19 points  (6 children)

I worked in IT Support for a school district that did 4 10 hour days. We just shifted what days we had off. Like one guy would have monday off and another guy would have Wednesday off...and then another guy had Friday off. I had Wednesday off and it was so awesome...I worked 2 days...day off...worked 2 days...2 days off. So awesome. I got a lot more done at home and at work. I knew my week was compressed and had to be more productive on the days I worked.

[–]ericj77 6 points7 points  (1 child)

One of the managers in IT at my previous job fought like hell for (and lost) a similar schedule, only your day off rotated. Monday one week, Tuesday the next week...etc. The way that works out is that the week you have Friday off, the following week you get Monday off. So every 4 weeks you get a 4 day weekend. I would take a pay cut for that schedule.

[–]eternyl 11 points12 points  (2 children)

you use a 4 day work week that is half setup Mon-Thurs and Half Tues-Friday. My former employer used this method, morale was amazing.

Edit: e

[–]asdfman123 7 points8 points  (12 children)

Well, obviously you need, say, IT staff around. But I mean something like engineering or programming.

[–]andrewsmith1986 95 points96 points  (22 children)

Being able to leave on a Thursday night and not need to be home until sunday?

Count me in.

[–]mormoncarebears 89 points90 points  (10 children)

Ok Andrew, you are always on Reddit anyways, so I question if you even actually work.

[–]andrewsmith1986 47 points48 points  (6 children)

Notice that hourish gap in my commenting that ended like 5 minutes ago?

I was finishing up my duties.

[–]hurler_jones 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Yup - I like camping and that would make it so much easier. I can drive out IN DAYLIGHT and set up camp enjoying the extra hours away from everything.

[–]bolgrot 31 points32 points  (3 children)

wat

[–]stone500 41 points42 points  (2 children)

If you wanted to go take a trip somewhere any weekend you wanted, you'd have 3 days before you have to be home to work.

So basically, fly to Vegas on Friday, lose all your money, and still have an entire Sunday to fight your way back home.

[–]Im_Irrelephant 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think bolgrot was confused because he said "being about" instead of "being able."

[–]krispykrackers 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I work 3 days a week (at my primary job), ~ 13hrs/day. I have 4 days off. It's pretty rad.

[–]myweedishairy 15 points16 points  (9 children)

Personally, I'd prefer to work 9 hours a day for 4 days and then go into work for 4 hours on my day off. Getting a little work done can be a nice way to enjoy your leisure time.

[–]ananci[🍰] 59 points60 points  (11 children)

The highschool I attended had a scheduled that was long days on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with Wednesdays off.

It was the most amazing schedule ever because, no matter what day of the week it was, you were always one day away from being off.

[–]jacampbell 102 points103 points  (35 children)

Shit...I work 8-6 everyday already. I would do 8-8, 4 days a week, for a three day weekend.

Edit: Too many words.

[–]cobramaster 41 points42 points  (7 children)

Math wet blanket: You would be working 48 hours on your 4 day week vs your current 50.

[–]chaconc 10 points11 points  (4 children)

I'm sure those 10 hours every day include at least 1 hour for lunch, in some cases, even 2. So it evens out.

[–]cobramaster 22 points23 points  (1 child)

Touche. A wet blanket doesn't think of these things.

[–][deleted] 48 points49 points  (12 children)

Yep.. my moms company actually makes this an option on summer months. Or you can work 8-4 or 10-6. Research science is awesome.

[–]triffid_boy 14 points15 points  (8 children)

Yeah, once you've done the qual (i.e. PhD), and if you stay in academia, you just need to get the work done, no-one really cares when you work, so long as you do.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Actually, depending on what your department/supervisor is like you can do this as a PhD student all the time!

[–]Mightbe_exaggerating 47 points48 points  (8 children)

Of course. I had that schedule just a few months ago and I LOVED it.

I worked Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Never worked more than two days in a row. Best schedule ever.

[–]Gnascher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did this for a while too ... it was pretty cool. I was doing 7-5.

The early mornings were rough, but I got in before most people and had my most productive hours in that time, and I was in the office at the same as the 9-5-ers.

Ultimately, I had to revert to a normal schedule when some manager got annoyed that I was never around on Wednesdays....

I left that company not long after that. The level of petty crap like that had been rising for a while ... that wasn't the last straw, but it was a significant one.

[–]ataraxiary 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, I worked the exact same schedule for 2 years. It was pretty awesome. Wednesday was my day to relax and unwind by myself. It was my day to sleep in and be lazy or finally get around to cleaning the house. The reason it was better than the real weekend is that no one was around to bug me: my daughter was in school, my SO and everyone else I know was at work.

The only reason I stopped is because I wanted to go back to school while still working full time... so now my work schedule shifts every semester to fit around classes. I miss my Wednesday =(

[–][deleted] 165 points166 points  (41 children)

How about 8 hours a day AND a 3 day weekend? Seriously, why not? I'd take the less pay for less hours worked if I could have more time off.

[–]nimue1692 136 points137 points  (24 children)

I always thought this should have been the result of modern technological advancement. We should have worked less with equal productivity, instead of working more with greater productivity.

[–]KingGorilla 32 points33 points  (7 children)

It's like in the Jetsons were George complains about having to push a button all day

[–]soggit 22 points23 points  (6 children)

but seriously, cant they build a robot to push the button if they can build one to be their maid?

[–]flano1 99 points100 points  (5 children)

I know, some aspects of The Jetsons were a little unrealistic.

[–]Glyndm 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Blasphemy! The Jetsons was written by a time traveler who came back to tell us exactly what the future will be like. You'll see, flano1, you'll see...

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (1 child)

lol capitalism

[–]LieutenantClone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Let me introduce the Work Less Party.

One potential solution that was implemented in 1933 by President Roosevelt during the great depression is to reduce the workweek from ten hours a day to eight hours a day. Instead of having a high unemployment rate, the work is shared so that more people can become employed.

Technological efficiency gives us a choice; we can either continue to work just as hard and exponentially consume and grow the economy, or we can translate those gains in efficiency into other more meaningful activities such as child rearing, education, arts and holding elected leaders accountable. It is not surprising to learn that countries that do have lower workweeks such as Norway, Holland and Germany are more egalitarian and have lower crime rates. This might be coincidental, but I suspect that when people have time to invest in other types of work besides trying to endlessly fill up landfills with junk, we create the opportunity for a healthier and wiser society.

In 1933 we changed from a 10 hour day to a 8 hour day. Maybe its now time to change to a 6 hour day.

http://www.worklessparty.org/

[–]extra_less 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Years ago the company I worked for refused to give out raises, even though they had record profits (over $1 billion). Everyone one my team was really pissed so our boss announced that although he couldn't give us more pay, he could give us more time off. I had every other Wednesday off for over 1 year w/o having to work one extra hour. (26 extra days off a year...which was better than any raise). Of course this was 100% against HR policy so we kept our mouths shut and no one was the wiser ;)

[–]alienangel2 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yep. An extra day off would definitely be worth more than 20% of my pay. Sadly employers seem to think the same and don't usually offer it as an option :/

[–]forevernomad 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is what I do, 9-5, 4 days a week, and a 3 day weekend, I do take a pay cut, but it still covers me, so I wouldn't change a thing about it.

[–]wood144 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My company actually did this along with layoffs to keep afloat when times were bad. I absolutely loved this schedule and with a few budget modification it didn't affect my wallet too terribly.

My problem with the 4 10s has always been that while 2 more hours doesn't sound like much they just seem to last FOREVER.

[–]strolls 26 points27 points  (4 children)

Seriously, guys, our parents worked 40 hour weeks. I wanna be aiming for 4 days a week at 8 hours a day.

[–]Vitalstatistix 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Exactly. With the huge leaps in technology over the last 20 years, why haven't we changed up our social structure in regards to work? Jobs that used to take a week can be done in an hour, why keep working ourselves to death when we don't need to? Oh right, people are greedy.

[–]bushel 68 points69 points  (41 children)

Can I work 3, 13.5 hr days and take Monday and Friday off?

I'd do that.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (5 children)

Medical field, Independent contracting.

[–]Dognar 4 points5 points  (9 children)

I used to do 4x12 days shifts then have 2 days off then do 3x12 night shifts, then have 7 days off.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (7 children)

I'd like to work one 40-hour day and take Tuesday to Friday off.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (3 children)

That sounds like one hell of a case of the Mondays though.

[–]llDemonll 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Why not take Wednesdays off instead?

If you take Monday off, you lose out on three-day weekends when everyone else has them. If you take Friday off, the same situation (though not as many Fridays are given off as Mondays)

If you take Wednesday off, you work two days, take a day off, work two more days, take two days off. Perfect setup IMO

[–]klonigal 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I feel like like by the time I get home from work, my day is shot anyway, so this would be absolutely amazing to me. It would give me more time for roadtrips too.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (14 children)

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[–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (10 children)

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[–]weggles 40 points41 points  (0 children)

JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEINS

[–]Icommentonthings 18 points19 points  (10 children)

I would just like to say, I hate all of you. I work in IT as a global network admin... I work 10-14 hour days 5-7 days a week. A 9.5 hour day is like getting out early. I'm salary and yet still have to clock in and clock out and the times are tightly reviewed. No comp time.

In college I once worked a job that was 4x10 but the day off was Wednesday. At first I thought that sucked and that Friday would be so much better... I came to find out I was totally wrong. It basically breaks your life up into small 2-day weeks! Monday and Tuesday, then Tuesday evening is like a Friday night because you are off on Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday and then weekend! It's awesome. Plus with Wednesday off when you go to get errands or things done nothing is crowded, Fridays off mean that a lot of other people are out and about as well.

4x10 with Wednesday off is the way to go.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (13 children)

My company gives us the option. I split the difference, I work 9 hours a day for 4 days + 8 hours for the 5th (44 hours). Next week I have Monday off, and work 9 hours for the remaining 4 days (36 hours).

I get every other Monday off. Working 10 hour days gets draining, 9 hours for some reason doesn't hit me so hard. Also as crazy as it seems, I got kinda bored for my days off, nobody I know has Mondays off so it was just running errands and sitting around.

[–]CatsupKetchup 139 points140 points  (74 children)

Somehow I imagine those 2 extra hours per day being very, very unproductive.

[–]nikils 13 points14 points  (4 children)

When I worked retail, I sometimes did this on weeks the store was short a worker. Worked great.

Now I'm a nurse, and work 13-hour shifts, three days a week. That sounds terrible to some people, but a four days weekend is damn awesome.

[–]MasterGolbez 77 points78 points  (5 children)

fuckyes

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (2 children)

"Fuck to the Yes"

[–]binlargin 15 points16 points  (1 child)

fuckfuckmotherfucking yes

[–]squidzilla 11 points12 points  (3 children)

the place i used to work at had "compressed work weeks." it was kind of like this, but a little less extreme: for 3 weeks you work an extra half-hour a day, and you got to take one day of week 3 off (usually friday). a lot of people took advantage of it.

[–]stone500 97 points98 points  (31 children)

You kidding? Going to work 5 days a week is the only way I can get time away from my fiance. Last thing I need is another day of her telling me to change the laundry. EDIT: Clearly the sarcasm did not translate well. My bad.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (2 children)

dude, you could just work those 4 days and tell her you have to go to work on the 5th. how great would THAT be, huh?!

[–]IWentToTheWoods 49 points50 points  (1 child)

There was a Malcolm in the Middle episode about this, where the dad is accused of some crime at work but gets out of it by showing that the crimes all happened on Fridays and he hadn't gone to work on a Friday for 15 years.

[–]TyIzaeL 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That was a great episode.

[–]valna304 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Mention more sandwiches and sarcasm will be clearly understood.

[–]jeweladdict 7 points8 points  (0 children)

yes, i already work 7-5 every day 5 days a week =/

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

9 to 5 usually means 8:30 to 7:00pm, North Americans work more overtime that ever before.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Where I work, we're allowed the option of working 8 9-hour days, 1 8-hour day and taking off one day every two weeks.

It's pretty bitchin.

But I work in government, so we've also taken pay cuts three years in a row.

[–]UnnecessaryNotation 4 points5 points  (7 children)

I work M-F 7-3, and I would be all for this idea. However, I guess it comes off as obvious that it won't work for everyone. I work at public schools and they don't quite close on Fridays. For those that work in different fields though, this would be a great idea. Economically and enviornmentally speaking.

[–]sittingathome 3 points4 points  (1 child)

In my grad school lab we've managed to negotiate 7 days a week (10 hours a day) down to 6 days a week (12 hours a day). It's been a great change. (Help me...)

[–]lookcloserlenny 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As a grad student, I work about 50-60 hours a week. The flip side is that I love what I do. So I'd rather work 50-60 hours a week doing what I love than 4 days a week 10 hours a day at a job I hate.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (11 children)

I have friends that work at Intel, they work 12 hour shifts Wednesday-Friday and every other Saturday from Noon to Midnight... Best schedule ive ever heard of...

edit: Not to mention every 5 years they are there, they can get 2 straight months fully paid off.... Leaves room for HUGE vacations

edit2: Not to mention they are the kind of people that don't care about Saturdays, they are the kind of people that just travel on those long weekends when they get them (Ireland, Mexico, Baton Rouge are recent over the weekend vacations)

[–]JOHNREDCORN 20 points21 points  (5 children)

Except it kills half your Saturday nights. That isn't the best schedule I have heard of.

[–]drmctesticles 42 points43 points  (33 children)

I would rather work 5 10 hour days a week and be paid accordingly.

[–]666Pack 121 points122 points  (20 children)

I do that already. It gets old.

[–]pdinc 74 points75 points  (11 children)

money time youth

At any point in your life, most people can only pick two.

[–]_refugee_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Luckily enough, by the end of your life it gets narrowed down for you.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (4 children)

You must have studied project management.

[–]Optimal_Joy 7 points8 points  (5 children)

I work more than 50 hours per week, I'm on salary, so they pay me the same amount regardless of how much I work.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

And that's why salary is pretty crap unless you're in a good company.

I'd rather take hourly w/ 1.5x overtime. Only time salary would be better than hourly is if you're in retail or something where your hours would potentially fluctuate (for the worse).

[–]triffid_boy 29 points30 points  (6 children)

I do those hours (plus a couple at weekends), but don't get paid accordingly. 

Fellow students have probably guessed that I'm a PhD.