Tried a 4-day workweek for 3 months and my productivity tanked

I was sure those extra days off would make me more focused, but I just ended up cramming 5 days of work into 4 and burning out by Wednesday. Has anyone else had the opposite effect from what they expected with compressed schedules?

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patriciap5214d agoMost Upvoted

So you crammed 5 days into 4 and called it a 4-day week. Genius.

hayden70914d ago

There was a study I remember reading about that actually showed some companies ended up working longer hours on those "compact" weeks. Something like 10 hour days instead of 8, but with the same workload crammed in. It didn't really save time, it just pushed burnout to a different day, you know?