How common is 4-10 schedule in US?
How common is 4-10 schedule in US?
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At our facility, we are allowed the option of working four 10-hour days and being off on Friday. Our company was sold to a much larger company that works a regular 5-8 schedule. We are continuing our schedule for now, but I was just wondering how common the 4-10 schedule is at other companies.





RE: How common is 4-10 schedule in US?
A lot of companies take every other Friday off. It depends on the company.
Also just as common are employees working virtual from home or some type of satellite office.
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We did have 9/80's officially for a while but they scrapped that for many departments a while back.
In the UK we finished at lunch on Fridays so every week we got a 2.5 day weekend.
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Heck, I asked about doing it at my last job, during our winter slow time (ski days). I just wanted to do it a few weeks to get out more, and was immediately shot down. I think it was more to do with the fact that they wanted 45 hours out of you, while 4/10s limits you to a certain degree.
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However with work still being tight in So Cal some of these companies are currently working 3-8 with no idea when work is going to pick up.
B.E.
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I have heard internal complaints if someone isn't there to help someone from another department.
Personally I would not want 4 10's because of family. Sure, I would get an extra day off but then I would have no time during the week to spend with my son who is in bed by 7:30. And that extra day he would be in school anyways. If I didn't have a son I would probably try it out. But I am already here close to 10 hours a day anyways just to get out of here by 5. Would hate for them to tell me I have to stay until 7!
I would rather have flex time and be done at 3:30 or 4.
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Alternating staff on 4-10s, or 9-9s (alternating Fridays off) can be done but generates a fair bit of confusion as to who is going to be around on what day.
Personally I've never worked at a place that permitted it. Too much risk of the employees picking up a part-time job...not to mention all the lost uncompensated overtime. Working an extra couple hours isn't so attractive when it's on your day off, or after you've already put in 10...
Working one day per week from home suits me fine. No commute, fewer interruptions etc.
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B.E.
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For Civils it's not that common to get the full Friday off, because most cities/counties work either the 4 days or get every other Friday off.
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Then we got busy and went to 6-10s, but that is a completely different problem.
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I have been able to work smarter and more efficient in an 8 hr day, five days. Proponents of the four day week find opposition from those who want to carry out the usual business and contacts on Fri.
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While it is nice to have a three day weekend, ten hours can be an awful long time, especially when things are kind of slow. Nothing worse than having been in the office for six hours and looking at the clock and realizing you still have four hours to go!
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