Ask HN: Would you trade a 20 percent raise for an extra day off?

Post by probinso » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 7:09 PM UTC

vageli wrote: post #7

byoung2 wrote: post #3

You should make this a poll: https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll But to answer your question, I would be tempted to take an extra day off but in the end I would not, and here's why. An extra day off disappears when you move to the next company (you: I worked a 4 day week at my last job, them: we don't do that here), but the salary typically forms a floor for negotiating the next salary (you: I made $180k at my last…

> You should make this a poll: https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll > But to answer your question, I would be tempted to take an extra day off but in the end I would not, and here's why. An extra day off disappears when you move to the next company (you: I worked a 4 day week at my last job, them: we don't do that here), but the salary typically forms a floor for negotiating the next salary (you: I made $180k at my l…

Post by sushid » Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 2:40 AM UTC

sudsred wrote: post #2

Had a colleague propose this today. And it seemed like a very fair thing to trade 20 percent of your income for an extra day a week. Opens up time for exercise, open source work, family and research. I'm curious if people have tried this and how receptive organisations are to such proposals.