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I've been working 4 days a week, 32 hours, for 4 years and I will never go back. It has made me hesitant to look for other work, I'm not sure if get the same deal, but so far I'm happy where I am.

As others have said the ratios are awesome. I have 15 days off every 20 days instead of 8. For a 20% pay cut, while getting full benefits.

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For my geographical area, I get paid what feels like a very good salary (enough that I no longer have to worry about money at all). If my company said “hey, we’ll pay you half as much and you only have to work 20 hours a week” I’d take it in a heartbeat, even though I’d have to start being more careful with money. Sadly, I don’t see that offer ever coming, even though I could totally do my job in half as much time with some creative meeting deletion.

I think a lot are in the same boat.

Is Job-Sharing a potential solution?

Same for me and agree with it being awesome. I think you might've meant, 12 days off per 28? Over 4 weeks, you get 2 weekend days and an extra weekday so 4 * 3 = 12 ?

> I have 15 days off every 20 days instead of 8

Wait, what? How does working one day less a week get you to 15 days off?

The ratio is a little unusual but the math is right, the divisor is per days worked.

15 days off / 20 days worked (5 weeks of 4 day workweeks)

8 days off / 20 days worked (4 weeks of 5 day workweeks)

Another way of saying it would be: in a 4 day work week you have 4/3 (1.33) ratio of work days to days off whereas in a traditional workweek is 5/2 (2.5). So although it is just one day it dramatically shifts the balance between work and time off.

Oh, I see! I thought they were saying they had 15 days off in a 20 day period, not in a period when they worked 20 days

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