cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/37012762

Reduced Work Week and Compressed Work Week are a (relatively) new concept that some Annualised Hours Contract workplaces are doing

Reduced: You work 4 days of 7.5 hours, adding up to 30 hours weekly, you get paid the same as if you worked 5 days of 7.5 hours (37.5 hours)

Compressed: You work 4 days of 9.5 hours, adding up to 37.5 hours weekly, you get paid the same as if you worked 5 days of 7.5 hours (37.5 hours)

  • Hyacin (He/Him)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I did ‘compressed’ a lot MANY years ago, like, almost 25 … life was SO much better. Putting in an extra 2h a day feels like nothing - but getting a WHOLE EXTRA DAY OFF is like 50% more weekend. That was also pre-“you can order literally everything on the internet”, so there was a lot of running around and “weekend chores”/shopping etc. to be done in a standard week - and you were able to instead do those things on your ‘3rd day’ when stuff wasn’t so busy.

    It was the happiest I’ve ever been in almost 30 years of working full time.