Four-day workweek becoming more common in U.S.
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Some jobs easily lend themselves to telecommuting. Office work, for one, is easily done from home, as is any job that requires nothing but a phone. Oh, and that bizarre blogging thing. But custodial work? You might not be able to mop the gym floor from your bedroom, but that doesn't mean you can't figure out a way to stay home one day a week.
Reuters has a story about a shift in the U.S. to a four-day work week, just one more response to the recent jump in gas prices. The first group of people mentioned in the story is custodial workers at Kent State University. The idea isn't new, and some employers have long offered employees the chance to work four longer days of 10 hours each instead of five "normal" days of eight hours. Nowadays, though, workers are migrating toward the shorter work week, especially in rural areas where public transportation isn't an option and commutes can be long. One new idea that could also someday become a trend: the four-day school week.
[Source: Reuters]
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Dad 10:11PM (5/30/2008)
"One new idea that could also someday become a trend: the four-day school week."
Given the lack of quality of many public school graduates, we are already at a 4 day week.
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Mike Z 10:31PM (5/30/2008)
Senior Year of High School I adopted the four day week, It was not officially endorsed or anything, but I guess I was just ahead of my time.
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philmcneal 1:55PM (5/31/2008)
yea i think working hard for the extra day is way better overall! more time to do your own thing :)
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Mike Z 2:02PM (5/31/2008)
Of course where I work, we often work an >11 hour day already. A four day week 7am-9pm would not be fun.
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Josh 11:49AM (6/02/2008)
Our school district has had 4-day school weeks for going on 5 years now due to lack of money.
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Dustin 1:13AM (6/05/2008)
I can vouch for the awesomeness of the permanent 3-day weekend.
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