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Folks who work the Reduced Work Week or Compressed Work Week, how has it effected your life? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 22 hours ago by gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/37012762

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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[–] slowtrain33@lemmy.ml 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I worked a 4-10 in 2014, but also worked 20 hours on the weekend driving for uber. Combined I only made about 40k, so definitely not worth it.

Now I work a “normal” week, but from home with no weekend work, and make $150k. I also only do like 10 hours of actual work per week, so I prefer this situation…

But I’m voluntarily giving this job up next month and moving to a country where I’ll probably work 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, making 30k… because I don’t want to support America with my taxes any more, and because I want my family to be safe.

But yeah, if we’re talking same job but shorter week, I would choose the shorter week every time.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Can i have your 10-hour $150k job when you're done with it?

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Worth it to move. People are always surprised at the 'low pay' when you you move overseas but don't ever take into account how much of your paycheck goes to everyone else but you first (in the US), and relative cost of living.

IMHO money/pay outside the US has more value, in the US it's just a revolving door of debt.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, my European relatives earn less than us, but they are always traveling to other countries and going on local trips, while we are just getting by week to week