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Reduced Work Week and Compressed Work Week are a (relatively) new concept that some Annualised Hours Contract workplaces are doing

Reduced: You work 4 days of 7.5 hours, adding up to 30 hours weekly, you get paid the same as if you worked 5 days of 7.5 hours (37.5 hours)

Compressed: You work 4 days of 9.5 hours, adding up to 37.5 hours weekly, you get paid the same as if you worked 5 days of 7.5 hours (37.5 hours)

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[–] swicano@programming.dev 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I work in a billable hours type job, and thus took a pay cut when dropping to 90% but it gives me one full day off every two weeks, and it has been great. I have a day that is mine. I resolved not to do any recurring tasks on that day (no mowing the lawn or doing the groceries or stuff like that) so that it stays a day for me to do something interesting and new, or just hang around and decompress in a coffee shop somewhere. Very much reccomend.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you have vacation time in addition to this?

[–] swicano@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, i earn PTO hours as well, and i use less of it for random doctors appts and other "stuff that's only open during work hours" so I have more for like, around Christmas/newyears or trips