[sergeyfomkin]

Yep, the irony is that the workweek has quietly shrunk — but instead of freeing people, we trap them in offices and force them to fake productivity. It’s not about output anymore, it’s about control. That’s what a formal 4-day week could challenge.

[deadbabe]

I think a 4-day work week isn’t really ideal.

The problem is you will increase cycle times. There is a sort of time dilation that occurs around weekends. Thursdays will become the new Fridays and on Mondays people will be kind of groggy from being out for 3 days. So basically Tuesdays and Wednesdays become the days to really do hardcore work. That means it takes longer to get big projects done as people naturally schedule things around Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

A better model is to just have people be remote, and do a little bit of work each workday. This keeps people a little more fresh and boils their days down to just getting 1 or 2 important decisions made.

[sergeyfomkin]

Totally agree with your last point — I’ve tried exactly that model myself: working a little every day, remotely, and it works incredibly well. It keeps the pressure low, the mind clear, and people don’t mind doing an hour or two even on a Saturday if needed. But yeah, it only works for people with high self-discipline — otherwise it just turns into doing nothing at all.