Title: I run www.4dayweek.io (Software Jobs with a better work &#x2F; life balance) and recently I&#x27;ve talked to 100+ companies trying to convince them to offer their job listings on a 4 day work week (e.g. 32 hours) - for many companies they simply aren&#x27;t interested.<p>Here are some common responses:<p>- We are a start up working hard to launch so it wouldn&#x27;t work for us. I read this as: &quot;we&#x27;ve advertised this as full time, but really it&#x27;s 24&#x2F;7&quot;<p>- It would require too much effort to change our current culture. I read this as: &quot;it&#x27;s the way we&#x27;ve always done it, so no thanks&quot;<p>- &quot;We are only looking for full-time employees&quot;. This is the most common response. I always find it interesting when companies who struggle to attract top talent don’t consider offering a benefit such as a 4 day week. The law of diminishing returns means there is little difference between the output in a 4 vs 5 day week. This is also due to Parkinson’s Law.<p>If there was a financial incentive, however, I feel many of these companies would be more inclined to offering a 4 day week.<p>So my question is, if you weren&#x27;t able to get a 4 day work week job (e.g. 32hrs) on a full salary, would you accept a small reduction in salary? Or would you instead stick to 5 days @ 100% salary?<p>I&#x27;ve also created a poll on Twitter asking this [1]. So if you have a moment to give your honest reply, I&#x27;d really appreciate it. It may help me convince more companies to offer their roles on a 4 day work week - there are huge benefits for both employers and employees imo.<p>I personally believe that working 4 days per week doesn&#x27;t equate to 80% output, more like 90%, and therefore I feel the salary should reflect this. However, in order to <i>normalise</i> the 4 day week, I feel that a small salary reduction might be a good first step.<p>[1] Link to the poll: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;philostar&#x2F;status&#x2F;1393199633543966723
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