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Re: Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

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Post by discordance »

nightski wrote: post #19
vkazanov wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At Bumble we have: - an unlimited PTO (you'd have to explain going beyond, say, 4 weeks, but otherwise working) - mandatory 2 payed weeks off (1 in December and 1 in Jun) - mostly remote using the "office-hub" model, only requiring presence when necessary - every 2 weeks there something we call a Focus Friday, when nobody can contact you and you are free to concentrate on things you want to work on. This covers all o…

Clearly it's not unlimited. On the one hand if your co-worker takes 4 weeks off then you'll feel cheated if you take 2. On the other if you take 4 weeks off you have no way of knowing if that is frowned upon. This seems like more stress than it is worth.

Unlimited without pay and no need to turn up when you get back from leave either.

Re: Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

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Post by niekmaas »

Philip-J-Fry wrote: post #52

How doss 4 day work week work with public holidays. Say that one week you have a bank holiday on Monday, but you usually only do Tue-Fri, would you be allowed the Tuesday off as well? Making that week a 3 day week?

Depends on the industry/company but for me it works like this: when the holiday is on a Friday (my day off) it's bad luck and I don't get an extra day. Simultaneously though, when I have to go to a specific conference on a Friday I can switch my day off to a different day in that week since then I will be "forced" to work on my day off.

Re: Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

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Post by mickeyben »

We do have a few people working 3 or 4 days / week for 60/80% of the full-time salary.

You can check our offers https://fr.getaround.com/careers.

Otherwise, my experience is that if you specify it during the 1st call or in your application there's a good chance it's accepted.

Re: Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

mzi wrote: post #33
inglor wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At Microsoft Israel we have: - 23 days off every year for everyone. - 5 extra days off for COVID years (but doesn't accumulate between years) - 18 days of (paid) sick leave (also for family) - Lots of leaves for stuff like family sickness (1 month a year), bereavement (10 days), paternity (6 weeks), maternity (6 weeks) on top of the ones we get from the government (3.5 months parenting leave for example). - 2 times a…

In Sweden we have - 25 days off every year for every one (5 days minimum can carry over). Most tech companies have 30 days off. - No extra days for COVID - Unlimited sick days - 240 days of parental leave (so per parent. Increase if you have more than one child (twins, triplets). Plus 10 days for the non-birthing parent to be together the first weeks. 96 days per parent can be saved beyond the 4th year. - 17 holidays…

>- Unlimited sick days

I very much doubt that. In most EU countries sick days are limited to 90 days, after that a panel of doctors will examine your case and move you to disability pay for example, as you can't just be on sick leave "unlimited".

Re: Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

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Post by BozeWolf »

osener wrote: post #41
bartvk wrote: post #31

Almost all Dutch companies will honor such a request. Of course, it comes with a 20% salary decrease if you simply go from 5 to 4 days of 8 hours.

It is the norm to work fewer hours in many sectors, especially if you're a government worker, but in tech it hasn't been my experience (as an expat in NL). If you don't have kids it seems to be 40+ hrs or nothing and requesting anything below full time is "unfair to other colleagues" or "signals a lack of commitment".

Not sure where you work then. As a (dutch) freelancer I worked at at least 10 companies where without exception 32hrs was possible. Developer jobs though.

But at my internship long time ago, as a mechanical engineer, it was also possible.

None of them offer fully remote jobs though.

Re: Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?

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Post by apexalpha »

Here in the Netherlands it's your legal right to work less hours for the same pay (per hour). In my company, the largest ISP, lots of people work either 32 hours, 36 (4x9) or something else. A standard contract at our company is 36 hours. Meaning every other Friday off by default.

So I think finding a job in the Netherlands would be a good start.

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