[akersten]

My hypothesis is that most of our "unproductive time" in the 40h workweek is just filler time spent warming seats, a direct result of there actually not being all that much work that a human can consistently accomplish in a week.

So, by removing the expectation that you have your butt in a chair 8 hours a day 5 days a week, the new model is "get everything you were already painfully stretching across 5 days done in only the time it actually takes (2 days), and let's all go home and enjoy the free time we otherwise would have spent scrolling on our phones under florescent lights and quickly tabbing back to Excel when the boss walks by."

I truly do believe 95% of office-based business would get the same "amount" of work done in this system.

[breuleux]

The main issue, at least for me, is that I simply cannot focus for 8 hours in a single day. If I was to work 2 hours a day for four days, I would likely get more done than if I "worked" 8 hours one day.

[jabbany]

Well that sounds like something management would be more than willing to accommodate... That is, only paying you for those 2h a day instead of 8...

I think the more important thing is that the remaining "buffering" time is still necessary to extract that amount of productivity.

[heurisko]

> That is, only paying you for those 2h a day instead of 8...

In the context of tech-based work, If pay is based on productivity, then those two hours should be paid the same as 8.

I think tech companies are realising that it's paying for performance that matters; not paying by time. In many cases paying by time doesn't make sense. If you have an idea in the shower, does that count as working? If you going for a walk prompts a better idea, does that count as working?

[lmm]

I would gladly take a 20% pay cut to switch to a 4 day work week. Not many companies are offering that though.

[philmcp]

Some companies are offering a 4 day week with 0% drop in salary https://4dayweek.io/

[haliskerbas]

I do 1 hour chunks of work 8 times a day, between 8am and 11pm. Some work Gets blocked by other work, or other people being busy, pr some infra needing to be fixed.

[oarabbus_]

Humans are not robots. If most people do 2 "work days" of work in 5 a 5-day week, it doesn't logically follow that people would accomplish 2 "work days" of work in a 2-day week.

If we could find a VC with too much money and a gambling problem, I'd be happy to simultaneously start competing companies in the same sector; my employees can work 4 days/week and yours can work 2 days and we'll see how each business does ;)

[AussieWog93]

>a VC with too much money and a gambling problem

Isn't that a bit of a tautology? :P

(I kid, please don't kill me VCs)

[OneTimePetes]

As someday it may happen, that a victim must be found, i got a little list, of proprietary offenders who might as well be underground..

[johnchristopher]

If my employer could compensate me or pay me for the hours he forces me to warm a train and a bus seat that'd be great. /rant

[nxmnxm99]

It's a nice thought. I hope businesses that compete with mine do that, so I can produce twice as much as they do and win the market.