I’m pulling for Monday. Friday’s already mostly a write-off.

  • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    29 days ago

    The 4 day work week likely won’t be established as the standard until Socialism is achieved and the bourgeoisie overthrown, but when that happens it will depend on the job and sector, likely working with different shifts to maintain 24/7 production but with lower workload. Probably a move to a 30 hour work-week, like what PSL suggests.

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      I am self employed and actually do that whenever possible (which is a rare occurrence these days,but I managed to do it for six month once). It sounds counterintuitive to do so, but it’s actually a fairly nice concept. You work for two days, which is not that long and offers you enough chance to really work “all in”. Then you sleep in in Wednesday and do most of the weekly chores - all that shit you would normally do half of your Saturday. And then you do another two days, already approaching a full weekend - which is far less likely to be interrupted by these lousy chores you normally need to do. And if some things remain,you are not having four but two work days in your bones - which makes them easier and usually faster to put behind you.

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        29 days ago

        Can I ask what you do? I need to get a job and I’m dreading it after being out of the work force for a bit. Id much rather be my own boss.

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      29 days ago

      I’d be so disappointed by this.

      Every time I take a day off midweek, it feels like doubling the number of weeks in the week, rather than reducing the number of days.

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        29 days ago

        I’ve found it precisely the opposite: Monday is like a Thursday (so experientially two Thursdays and two Fridays) with a free day to schedule doctor’s appointments, car fixes, and all the other little things you’d normally have to take PTO for but now do not

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          29 days ago

          Wait, so you get a 4 day week but everyone else has to do 5 days so you can go to your appointments?

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            28 days ago

            No. It’s not like businesses that are open 7 days a week require all of their employees to work every one of those days

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      29 days ago

      When I worked 32 hours at my first job I took out the Wednesday. It’s a great rhythm to get into, two days of work and a day or two in between.

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      That’s effectively what I had as an undergrad and it was lovely. Wednesdays were (mostly) reserved for labs, so if you weren’t taking chemistry or another class with a lab, you had Wednesdays to sleep in. I rather miss that.

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    29 days ago

    “When”? Lol.

    I appreciate your optimisim but at least in the USA, this is never happening.

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    29 days ago

    I’d willingly want to move down to 4-day weeks in some year even with the reduced salary. I’m privileged enough to afford it, and the time regained is absolutely worth the loss in salary and future pension. I’d like alternating Mondays and Fridays, so every 2 weeks you get a 4-day weekend.

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    Personally i prefer 1 day off 1 day on. So youd get 4 days of work one week then 3 the next and youd have a day off in between each shift. Then youd get like an extra 30 days off of vacation time per year you can take whenever you want. So youd only have to work 10 months out of the year, and your work half of that time. If we were doing socialism and workers were not being worked to the bone for capitalist profits that is entirely doable to keep society functioning in peacetime. Especially with how much we can now automate and will be able to in the near future.

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    29 days ago

    I also vote Monday. Seems to be easier to get back to work after a Monday holiday vs a Friday holiday.

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    29 days ago

    Super optimistic title there lol

    I’m with Cowbee. I don’t see this happening outside of a few mom and pop places that decide to do it on their own until “government” forces the change. Just look at the 3 letter jackasses freaking out about WFH.

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    Unless you do something special depending on the day (like going to church on Sundays), aren’t the two options the same? They are both 4 up 3 down periods.

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    29 days ago

    Those are the only two days you could have picked where it wouldn’t make a difference. Either way you have 4 consecutive days of work followed by 3 free days.

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        29 days ago

        I wouldn’t be opposed to the idea of having wednesday intermission instead of a 3 day weekend.

        But the proper thing to do would calculate which weekedays have the least amount of fixed holidays and then pick one of those.

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      29 days ago

      Tuesday would immediately become the new Monday and everyone would get the Monday scaries. The start of a series of work days will always be a bummer, no matter what you call it.

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        We did four 10s at my last job, rotating every quarter whether you had off Monday or Friday. Personally I much preferred working the quieter Monday to the boring Friday. Tuesday became the new Monday as that’s when everyone was back in office. I didn’t feel the quiet Monday when you had half-ish the staff working was too bad, but the quiet Fridays really dragged. Quiet Monday was a nice ramp up to Tuesday, I got a lot of shit done on those Mondays.

        I’d say there is a difference to which day you choose off. It doesn’t seem like there would be a difference but I definitely felt it.

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          Ok, I wasn’t considering a rotation where the workplace would be partially staffed Mondays and Fridays. That makes a lot of sense. I was imagining everyone having off Saturday-Mondthatn a more universal weekend, which I think would not be practical for getting things accomplished. In that case I see what you mean about Mondays.

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      29 days ago

      this, I rather it not be the same 4 days for everyone so people actually can get things done instead of half the services close the same time you leave work

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    29 days ago

    My bet is, it’ll be Saturday that goes, finally achieving a 6-day work week.