It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two experts
I&#x27;ve long argued for a 4-day 6-hour-day work week. I&#x27;ve even questioned a few potential employers about it, citing research: I&#x27;ve even offered to take a pay cut (per hour, i.e. hourly rate was cheaper than for 5-day 8-hour day weeks), but nobody was interested.<p>They would frequently say how they are not interested in &quot;part time&quot; work.  I&#x27;d counter that this is full time work, with efficiency higher than the full time work, because people can focus on intellectually hard problems only for a short while sustainably.  Sure, I can put in a couple of weeks of 12h days, but after that, I&#x27;d struggle to put in 4h days of quality, focused work (well known as burnout).  Similarly, 8h days are not sustainable either, though it takes longer to burn out.<p>As people have noted, the extra time I get would not be spent in pyjamas watching netflix: it would be quality time with my family, working on projects and research, etc (if it wasn&#x27;t for miserable pay and state of academia, I&#x27;d probably be doing research exclusively).  Civilization as a whole would benefit as a result if there were more people putting their brains to problems they think matter.  And as stated numerous times, even employeers would benefit.<p>But alas, when there&#x27;s the next guy willing to submit to the &quot;norm&quot;, it&#x27;s hard to get the ball rolling.