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- Bible believing revelational redemptionist (Baptist)
4 day week sounds good but the difficulties are not hard to find.I work 4 days a week. Granted, it's 4 10 hour days, but even then it's better than 5. When we switched to 4 10s (because that's what most of the workers wanted) I was put on the "donut" schedule. Two days on, one day off. Two days on, two days off. I loved it. Every other day was "Friday." When that shift went away, I was put onto "back half," working Wednesday through Saturday. It is still better than 5 days. When you're working 5 days, you get home Friday evening, wind down, you have Saturday to yourself, and then Sunday is a "school night" where you have to gear up to get back into the grind. When I get home on Saturday afternoon, I wind down. Then I have Sunday to myself. Then Monday. Then Tuesday is a "school night" where I have to set my alarm again.
But wait...there's more! In a M-F 9 to 5 world, you have to take time off to compensate for the fact that everyone else is on the same schedule. Doctor's appointments, car repairs, and other stuff that happens during those times suddenly becomes a lot easier when you're working 4 days. Monday morning meeting with my cardiologist? No problem. If I had 2 hours cut off from each day of work? I would be so much more productive.
Schools - what happens to the kids on that 5th day? Parents work schedules may not line up with school days. Childcare would be the same.
Medical - what happens if you 4 day schedules aligns with the doctor? You will still have the same problem of getting in.
Shopping - Stores might be closed on your day off. Then what?
Etc., etc.
As Bilby noted earlier the 4 day week is just a poorly disguised attempt at a large pay rise.