| Compressed Workweek:
Pros & Cons as a Flexible Work
Arrangement Compressed workweek may be the
flexible work arrangement to choose as part of your work
and family balance management strategy.
First, carefully consider the personal pros and cons.
A compressed workweek has you working 40 hours in
fewer than five days. The most widely used schedule is 10
hour days for four days a week.
Another arrangement is called 5-4/9. This is a week of
five nine-hour days followed by a week of four nine-hour
days, and would give you a day off every other week.
Pro: On the plus side, most employees
appreciate having a full day off regularly, while still
preserving full-time income.
Pro: The commute to work may be outside the
usual rush hour traffic times because of the extended
work day, and thus less stressful.
Con: On the con side, an ongoing schedule of
ten-hour or nine-hour days, while it may be the norm for
some professionals already, can be physically and
mentally draining.
Con: Not only is the workweek squeezed into a
shorter time frame, but all the after-work activities
must also be wedged into the remaining hours of each
work day.
Con: Chronic fatigue caused by current
work/family conflict time pressures may or may not be
off-set by the regular day off.
Con: Child care coverage to match your
compressed work schedule may also be a challenge.
However, some of these down-side issues may not
be a concern in your personal circumstances, so this
arrangement could work out well, with the regular day
off paying personal dividends.
Otherwise, proposing a four day workweek of
eight-hour days (32 hours) may be more practical for
you.
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