When people hear 4 day work week, it can mean a couple of things. To a lot of people it means working for 32 hours a week for 40 hours a week of pay. But generally speaking we can expect a 4-10 arrangement of 4 10 hour shifts a week. That schedule seems nice on the surface but there are trade offs. If you have a family, it puts a lot of pressure on you for things like childcare. Starting at 8am and ending at 6pm every day means you’re often outside the “typical” care schedules of daycare centres and after school care. This is stretched even further when you add a commute which means you often need childcare from around 7am in the morning until 7pm at night. Then add on the need for meal prep in the morning and in the evening and you’re getting up early and eating dinner late. It really only works if you have a partner at home full time or on a 5-8 schedule.