Catherine Norris

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

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I love having 28 days of vacation in Germany--but I think I might trade a few of them to have a 4 day work week! What would you prefer?
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Arlene Parris
I am in favor of 4 days a week
🔨 Travis Page 🔨
More vacation days. I'd rather take larger, gapped adventures that I can look forward to than be distracted throughout the week for my long weekend.
Ben Sher
If not possible for a full year, I think that a 4 day work week would be super impactful in winter months, especially in countries with poor weather! Would give people more energy in the weeks were inspiration can be low and improve mental wellbeing.
Mags Espada
OMG! I freezed for a second haha. I chose four-day week anyway.
Daniel Shein
Four-day week!
Shivam Thiagarajan
Nope, I believe the five-day workweek works for me best! I'd prefer more vacation days. My style is this: working regularly for long periods, and then taking long vacations.
Robert Ford
Yes, I think a 4 day week is a much better idea than giving up your vacation days. This way, you'll be able to take 2x-3x as many vacations because you don't have to give anything up in order to get them. Plus, it's cheaper and environmentally friendlier, which may not seem like a big deal now but believe me, things are going to head south pretty soon when we can't fly planes anymore and the glaciers melt away.
Justin Johnson
Four day work week could help accomplish both efficiency and PTO. One of the big insights we uncovered in our customer dev phase was that people with more flexible work schedules (i.e. remote work or shorter work week) are way more efficient. People are taking more long weekend trips than ever before due to that reason. They fly or drive somewhere on a Thurs, take a couple calls remotely on Friday, then enjoy their weekend away. Curious to hear if people agree or not with that finding!
Mahmudul Hasan Rifat
Good question and tough choice...
Jaime Méndez
As a Sales Executive nowadays you are always working, so it doesn't matter!