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)
In an old job I worked a compressed 5 over 4 and loved it - managed to talk my way into getting Wednesday as the day off and it was so nice to never have to work for more than 2 days in a row with a little mini weekend in between
Working 8-6 every day did suck a bit, but I mostly got the first & last hour to myself as nobody else was doing the same shift
Would recommend if your work pattern allows it