Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by goqu 974 days ago
I've recently finished a handpicked list of 4 day workweek companies (4x8hrs), and off the top of my head, only 2 out of nearly 100 offer the option to choose between a full time 5x8hrs and a 4x8 with a 20% salary reduction. All the other companies listed only offer the 4 day week option + full pay - the 4x8 with the reduction in pay were an exception on the list.

To my knowledge, the groups that lead the 4 day workweek campaigns on the international stage advocate for a 4 day workweek without a loss of pay, this could be one of the reasons why we don't see companies offering 4 day weeks with a pay reduction.

For anyone interested: https://okjob.io/companies/

1 comments

Where I work, we had a guy who retired. We re-hired him, but at 30 hours/week. (I'm pretty sure it's with a salary reduction, but I don't know.) We don't advertise ourselves as a 4 day workweek place, but we might be open to it for any individual employee at their request.

So I wonder how many companies would actually let you if you asked. I suspect it's more than publicly say they are 4 day workweek companies.