#24

Used to get double time at Halfords on bank holidays so I was usually all over it.

#25

As has been mentioned in other threads, it’s not typical practice these days.

#26

If you had the choice, which would you bin off?

  • Monday
  • Friday

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#27

Yeah, most architectural firms in Newcastle used to finish at lunchtime on Friday. It was really useful if you were heading off somewhere for the weekend, but also did mean that you’d often just end up in the pub all afternoon.

#28

Oh really? I didn’t know that. I remember some supermarkets even doing it for Sunday shifts.

#29

It used to be the norm that it was time and a half on sundays and double time on bank holidays. That’s not the case now.

#30

I don’t :frowning:

#31

I took a 10% pay cut and now work 9 day fortnights, best decision I ever made, I take the bonus day on Wednesdays, feels so much more relaxing than weekend days off

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#32

i’d do that

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#33

nah ive got pals who are service workers who think its hilarious that i have to go to work mon-fri 9-5, but theyre the first to complain when we cant organise a night out for months. fucking ambulance driver/police officer chumps, they should get a proper job doing admin work in an office

#34

Sounds good. Bloody love taking a days holiday in a random spot with no specific plans, just chill out, do some cooking, have a bike ride or whatever

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#35

Do you reckon it’s far more likely that all workdays stop being workdays necessarily?

For office workers, instead of a five-day week and weekday, we move to a task-based workload where you have a set amount of work each week and are allowed to coordinate your own time to achieve it. Are you disciplined to make this work?

#36

Yeah, I had some holiday days to use up at the end of last year, just took a Friday and Monday off, wife was at work, kid was at nursery, just had pure uninterrupted me time for a whole working day… was absolutely lovely.

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#37

Yeah, I reckon so. My job is heavily task-based and if I had set targets I reckon I could tailor my working weeks to whatever best suited me.

In practice there’s always more work to do and I occasionally choose to do some stuff at the weekend to give myself some breathing room, but, y’know, in theory.

#38

Yeah it’s the best, can go into town and it’s really quiet, yesterday I mainly slept though, going to make a list of things to do and places to visit so I don’t waste them. Wednesday is definitely the optimal day, makes my 4 day week less full of dread

#39

So tempted to do this. I can afford it now, but feel like I need to hold off as long as possible before caving to it. I’d probably go full 80% for the four day week. But can’t help feeling it would also be career death. Not too sure I care about that though.

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#40

Went down to a PT 4 day 30 hr week. Don’t work Mondays and can often but not always work a couple days from home. Life improvement 1000%. Seems sensible with a baby giant on the way as well.

#41

I suspect not any time soon, although of course it’s something that’s already happening gradually. I think my thinking is that there’s still quite a lot of residual need in the economy for days when “everything is open for business”, and also a need for days when most services aren’t, when lots of maintenance type tasks get done. But the more communication improves the less likely that distinction is to hold.

#42

I work a 2.5 day 30ish hour week and it’s good but still too much work for a person to be doing.
Does anybody know how I can make just 10 pounds a day giving less than an hour each morning so I can stop the .5 of a day and go down to 2 days? Please.

#43

I think I timed it right, don’t really think I could progress any further as I would have to manage people, and I did it right after a pay rise (second anniversary of promotion we get bumped up the pay scale) so I’m nearly earning the same as this time last year. Would love to go to 80% but don’t think I could afford it with impending mortgage, keep meaning to use my annual leave strategically so I do mainly 4 day weeks but feel like that would be a bit cheeky