Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
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Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#2I have a feeling that if you can work 5-6 hours a day you've more than earned your salary. So, if a company can figure it out and let thew workers stay at home instead of browsing the internet at "work" more power to them.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#3Monday morning off sounds like an awful idea.
First off, even when I lack sleep, I'll function better in the morning if I force myself out of bed, and I'll have a big slump in the afternoon.
If I sleep in instead to supposedly catch up sleep, I'll do OK.. but I won't feel any better in the afternoon.. I'll be a little off because of getting up late.
Secondly, afternoons are more depressing. I'd rather get out of bed, do a monday morning and then go home. It's really depressing in the winter, to leave work when it's already night outside. :/
But really screw "monday mornings" off, give me a monday off or nothing.
edit: not to mention the most obvious... people with long commutes coming to work for a few hours... really dumb.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#4As long as you're productive and meeting deadlines, I couldn't care less about the "hours" you're in the office.
Also, the market well balance itself. If someone is more productive they'll be rewarded more.
I just don't want the "equal outcome" crowd to start enforcing equal pay when most of them are clocking in minimum hours and others are over-delivering.
This is for merit based companies, which personally I can't fathom non-merit based ones.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#5I have a feeling that if you can work 5-6 hours a day you've more than earned your salary. So, if a company can figure it out and let thew workers stay at home instead of browsing the internet at "work" more power to them.
So then I have confirmed it. I read about browsing the internet and generally no one working 8 hours a day it they work in software. Some days I literally don’t have work to do, so I browse the internet. Sometimes it’s nice to work on tasks around the home if I am working from home that day.
Management must know this. I consider it an unwritten/not talked about fact of working as a software developer.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#6It'd help to avoid lumping all jobs into a single pile and proceeding to suggest a planet-wide remedy.
A software developer has different needs from a convenience store employee. I hope that's obvious.
I don't understand why this is even on HackerNews, because this article contains no news at all. It's just pandering to those who feel that working fewer hours is a good idea for them, nothing more.
ps. if you're in a job that involves using your brain, you're not working more than 3-4 hours/day max. Maybe when there's basic income, we can start having honest conversations about how people actually work in software.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#7It'd help to avoid lumping all jobs into a single pile and proceeding to suggest a planet-wide remedy. A software developer has different needs from a convenience store employee. I hope that's obvious. I don't understand why this is even on HackerNews, because this article contains no news at all. It's just pandering to those who feel that working fewer hours is a good idea for them, nothing more. ps. if you're in a…
> I don't understand why this is even on HackerNews, because this article contains no news at all. It's just pandering...
Same goes for the constant cycle of "Hiring Software Developers Is Broken" articles that never fail to get a million comments.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#8I have a feeling that if you can work 5-6 hours a day you've more than earned your salary. So, if a company can figure it out and let thew workers stay at home instead of browsing the internet at "work" more power to them.
So then I have confirmed it. I read about browsing the internet and generally no one working 8 hours a day it they work in software. Some days I literally don’t have work to do, so I browse the internet. Sometimes it’s nice to work on tasks around the home if I am working from home that day. Management must know this. I consider it an unwritten/not talked about fact of working as a software developer.
>>Some days I literally don’t have work to do, so I browse he internet.
Go home, that's the nature of the job. You earn your money on a few big projects for the entire year, but you are needed for the next round.
Alternate and keep track so the team gets a break and are somewhat indebted to the company. Maybe a few stay on call just in case...depending on the job.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#9Monday morning off sounds like an awful idea. First off, even when I lack sleep, I'll function better in the morning if I force myself out of bed, and I'll have a big slump in the afternoon. If I sleep in instead to supposedly catch up sleep, I'll do OK.. but I won't feel any better in the afternoon.. I'll be a little off because of getting up late. Secondly, afternoons are more depressing. I'd rather get out of bed,…
cool anecdotal evidence. that doesn't necessarily mean we should completely dismiss the concept entirely.
Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
#10Monday morning off sounds like an awful idea. First off, even when I lack sleep, I'll function better in the morning if I force myself out of bed, and I'll have a big slump in the afternoon. If I sleep in instead to supposedly catch up sleep, I'll do OK.. but I won't feel any better in the afternoon.. I'll be a little off because of getting up late. Secondly, afternoons are more depressing. I'd rather get out of bed,…
I function by trying to work 7 days a week, without taking time off for vacation. What I've found is that I'm in general much happier having to wake up at a specific time every day with specific work goals.
I feel like I'm in a sweet equilibrium with fewer disruptions from going on and off vacation. I make more money, I'm happier at home and work, and I feel better all around.