Would you take fewer vacation days in favor of a 4 day week?

4 day work week

Hard choice but I’m up for four-day. It would lessen the effects of the monday syndrome maybe 🤔 Overall would be a better choice for me to both have my rest&work

I believe four-day work week is better both for employee wellbeing and overall productivity. (1) Long-lasting vacations are not going well for everyone (2) When key personel takes a long break, it affects the ongoing projects in many organizations. Four-day work schedule will reduce long-lasting vacations and make the employee more dedicated in the working hours.

As soon as I saw this discussion, I started to discuss this issue with my friends. I think it's better to have 28 days off. Because when you go on vacation for 28 days, you can completely forget about work and go to your hometown. so you can start again completely refreshed. According to my friends, working 4 days a week is a much better option. Working 5 days a week reduces productivity considerably by the hour. Also, two days are not enough for people to devote time to themselves completely.

Definitely 4 day work week! 😄 I like having longer vacations as a reset every now and then, but I think the general quality of life improvement of a 4 day work week would outweigh that by a lot. And if your company and team are flexible, you can probably still shift things around to have a longer break when needed 🏝

I will do that any-day! Frequent short term happiness >> one long term pleasure. Short term happiness do compound a period of time and gives you better health, mental state and efficiency in work!

Yes for sure. I really like the 4 day work week but sometimes its just not sustainable for early stage companies. I agree that everyone does not work to their fullest capacity with a 5 day work week but an employee not being available for another day of the week can make a big difference for startups.

Love this question Catherine. I've been lucky enough to work a 4 day work-week for quite some time now and truly believe it's the ideal arrangement. It helps prevent burnout throughout the year & results in less sick days being taken, and it just gives me a better overall sense of balance in my life. Maybe you could use some of your extra vacation days to work a 4 day week over summer at least?

Would absolutely take up a 4-day work week. The Daily Aus sum this up perfectly (https://www.thedailyaus.com.au/v...), but some notable takeaways are an increase in productivity, reduction in burn out and a better work-life balance!

Seems that regular recovery helps to prevent burnout better than 1-2 vacations a year. So my choice is 4-day work week :) But I am kind of workaholic and can't imagine this thing))