In today's article links below, there's a report from a UK-based company that's moved to a four-day work week, that's part of a larger pilot program that involves dozens of organizations.

You can check out that link below, but in keeping with that theme, a Hacker News reader a few months back asked: Anyone working 4 day week here, as an employee?

The main question in the post description is about how to acquire such a position, so there's lots of discussion on that. But the comments in the thread allow you to get what might be a more honest (though likely unsubstantiated) view of teams' successes and failures trying out a four-day work week.



One of the key takeaways from the thread is that many people have negotiated a 32-hour work week that's equal to or more than the pay of many in other companies working 40 hours.

That's an important part of negotiating for something like this. You have to be prepared to grind maybe a little more than usual for four days, to ensure you get done what you need and can justify taking that day off every week.

I also like the strategy of the top commenter. This person basically stayed at their current 40-hour job while interviewing on the side. At the end of each interview, they asked to work four days per week. Eventually, someone accepted the offer and their current salary is bigger than it was before when working 40 hours.

As alluded to above, these are anecdotal anonymous comments on a web forum, so take the results with a grain of salt. But I think the underlying strategies are something we can all consider if we desire a four-day work week.

Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!