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I haven't but would love to.
Has to be Monday doesn't it!
I'm sat in the office now alone, no one works Friday any more do they?
Sundays are s
t because you have to go back to work, not any longer!
Fridays are the start of the weekend and travel is busier and more expensive!
Got to be a Monday, that would be fantastic, do it, DO IT NOW......
Has to be Monday doesn't it!
I'm sat in the office now alone, no one works Friday any more do they?
Sundays are s
t because you have to go back to work, not any longer!Fridays are the start of the weekend and travel is busier and more expensive!
Got to be a Monday, that would be fantastic, do it, DO IT NOW......
dundarach said:
I haven't but would love to.
Has to be Monday doesn't it!
I'm sat in the office now alone, no one works Friday any more do they?
Sundays are st because you have to go back to work, not any longer!
Fridays are the start of the weekend and travel is busier and more expensive!
Got to be a Monday, that would be fantastic, do it, DO IT NOW......
Agree. Has to be Monday doesn't it!
I'm sat in the office now alone, no one works Friday any more do they?
Sundays are s
t because you have to go back to work, not any longer!Fridays are the start of the weekend and travel is busier and more expensive!
Got to be a Monday, that would be fantastic, do it, DO IT NOW......
Everyone clocks off early on a Friday. Mondays are just rubbish.
I was 4 days for around 6 months and had flexibility on the day.
I tried mid week (Tues/Wed), but that was the worst - never really felt like a proper break.
Friday often feels like a 'half day' anyway, so Monday I found the best.
I will say though, I found I had to be a bit mentally 'disciplined' to make the most of it. I found I often frittered the day, and found myself thinking 'I should have just worked instead and got paid for it'. Overall though, I'd say go for it.
I tried mid week (Tues/Wed), but that was the worst - never really felt like a proper break.
Friday often feels like a 'half day' anyway, so Monday I found the best.
I will say though, I found I had to be a bit mentally 'disciplined' to make the most of it. I found I often frittered the day, and found myself thinking 'I should have just worked instead and got paid for it'. Overall though, I'd say go for it.
Being retired, If it was me I would drop Mondays, as they are normally nice and quiet. Loads have Fridays or at least the afternoon off so everywhere gets busy.
If I could choose Tuesday I would as nearly everyone works Tuesdays.
Only issue with having the extra day off is if you want to go anywhere its only the pensioners on the road, and as we all know they don't like to hurry
If I could choose Tuesday I would as nearly everyone works Tuesdays.
Only issue with having the extra day off is if you want to go anywhere its only the pensioners on the road, and as we all know they don't like to hurry
Jonathan27 said:
Yes the downside to the Monday is that you miss out on most of the bank holidays, whereas if you take the Friday you will occasionally get a four day weekend.
This.Make sure you know what your company's rules are - in a perfect world you could pick which day you work to organise a number of 4 days weekends...
I had a colleague who worked Tues-Fri who moaned they had to work more days to people who did Mon-Thurs. (Everyone had to do the same number of billable hours per year so in theory everyone did the same amount of work over a year).
Sometimes you get lucky with the timing of Xmas/Boxing Day/NYD as well.
If you can, i'd recommend a 4 day week, it feels a better work/life balance if you can afford it. I went to a 4 day week when my kids were born (eldest is 14 now!), took the friday. I love the 3 day weekend.
Midweek would annoy me - its like having 2 mondays. And i work better/ get more done if its consecutive work days. Sometimes i think of my colleagues all slacking off on a friday and think i should swap my day to monday conversely i get Friday Feeling on a thursday so swings and roundabouts.
But also, if you need to do tip runs / errands then those places are normally quieter.
On a constructive note, actually plan something for your day off - do a course, some training perhaps, start a new hobby, go for a run/ get fit.
Midweek would annoy me - its like having 2 mondays. And i work better/ get more done if its consecutive work days. Sometimes i think of my colleagues all slacking off on a friday and think i should swap my day to monday conversely i get Friday Feeling on a thursday so swings and roundabouts.
walamai said:
...I tried mid week (Tues/Wed), but that was the worst - never really felt like a proper break.
Friday often feels like a 'half day' anyway, so Monday I found the best.
I will say though, I found I had to be a bit mentally 'disciplined' to make the most of it. I found I often frittered the day , and found myself thinking 'I should have just worked instead and got paid for it'. Overall though, I'd say go for it.
This is very true. I spend even more time on PH and listening to music at stupid volumes that usually annoys the mrs Friday often feels like a 'half day' anyway, so Monday I found the best.
I will say though, I found I had to be a bit mentally 'disciplined' to make the most of it. I found I often frittered the day , and found myself thinking 'I should have just worked instead and got paid for it'. Overall though, I'd say go for it.
But also, if you need to do tip runs / errands then those places are normally quieter.
ARHarh said:
...Only issue with having the extra day off is if you want to go anywhere its only the pensioners on the road, and as we all know they don't like to hurry
This is also true - the roads fill up with pensioners after the school run, the builders are out at lunchtime then there's another school run and....maybe i should have stayed home and drunk beer. On a constructive note, actually plan something for your day off - do a course, some training perhaps, start a new hobby, go for a run/ get fit.
Food for thought. Thanks for the responses.
I was thinking of having Mondays off but the loss of the Bank Holidays is a good point. I like the idea that Sunday night isn't the last day of the weekend.
We have an informal team video call on Friday mornings and if I dropped into that I'd being doing it in my own time.
My ideas for the day off weren't exciting; just walking the dog, gardening, cleaning, washing the car, medical appointments, shopping. All the things that its a pain to get done at the weekend with a teenage daughter, dog and hobbies.
I was thinking of having Mondays off but the loss of the Bank Holidays is a good point. I like the idea that Sunday night isn't the last day of the weekend.
We have an informal team video call on Friday mornings and if I dropped into that I'd being doing it in my own time.
My ideas for the day off weren't exciting; just walking the dog, gardening, cleaning, washing the car, medical appointments, shopping. All the things that its a pain to get done at the weekend with a teenage daughter, dog and hobbies.
Jonathan27 said:
Yes the downside to the Monday is that you miss out on most of the bank holidays, whereas if you take the Friday you will occasionally get a four day weekend.
Not so if it’s done properly - Mrs DS has some sort of pro-rata thing going at her place so she doesn’t get swizzed out of bank holidays. One of the reasons she went down to four days was tax - she’s on a decent wage and also started drawing a pretty good defined benefits pension, so dropping to four days didn’t knock off anything like what you’d expect.
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