4-Day Workweek — Giuseppe

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2021-05-27 16:00:04

I have been working 4 days a week for a number of years and in this blog post I want to share my experience and some pros and cons.

It all started a few years ago when at my previous job (a startup) I started to feel exhausted and wasn’t performing at my best.

I was coming from the corporate world where I felt like I had a better work-life-balance, with occasional ups and downs in terms of workload. This allowed me to recharge more often.

My productivity and consequently impact went back up to the point that when my team lead left the company I was offered to take his place and manage my team.

Not to mention that sometimes people need multiple day long breaks to figure out a great solution that can be worth months of work.

Companies don’t evaluate performance based on working hours – a person who works overtime but performs poorly will be put under performance review and in the worst case let go anyway.

Instead, employees should feel and have ownership of the company they work for, be paid as full time employees and be evaluated on outcome.

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