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Same here, 8 billable hours (four days a week), 6-8 productive hours, depending on how stressful the day is.

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"Oh hey... someone else working 4 day weeks, just like Stavro... oh..."

That's pretty conclusive proof that I'm the only person here working four days a week!

To back you up, I bill less that 4 days a week, and also know more than a couple of people doing the same.

Thanks, but that was a bit of an inside joke between coworkers :)

As a data point, I am currently full-time employed, it just happens that I prefer full-time being four days a week. I recently made the switch from five to four, and I'm enjoying it immensely.

I really want to do this just so I can get some time to work on my own projects. How did you sell this to your employers (or are they one of a very few shops which do the 4 day week thing like Treehouse)

I've seen people do this.

"I want to work 4 days per week".

"OK, no problem, we will reduce your salary / bonus etc by 20%".

Time passes.

"Ok, I am doing the same job for 80% of the salary and I never make my bonus".

":)".

I bill daily, in 8-hour blocks. All those hours belong to my employer, and I do as much work as needed. Any more work than that needs to allocate more 8-hour blocks.

I know that being a salaried employee is different, but if you're letting people work you into 10-hour days, don't.

I just asked if I could work 20% less for 20% less pay, and they agreed. Your mileage may vary, the company I work for is pretty cool.

Ahah! I totally felt for it :)

I'm totally with you to prefer a shorter full-time schedule.

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