If you could work 30 hours a week

[loskadoodle]

What would your preferred days/hours be?

[pooh8402]

M-F 8a-2p. I would LOVE that! or M-Th 8a-3:30p

[bearbaby]

I'd prefer a 4-day week. Much easier to plan life around then somewhat odd-hours all 5 days.

[linz]

I'd do 3 10's. Mon, Tues, Thurs. Or Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri if you want 4 days a week. 

I was part time when I came back from maternity leave and had Thursdays off. It was actually really nice since friday was a pretty easy casual day. 

[dellabear]

I think Monday to Thursday, maybe 8-5 Mon to Wed and a half day on Thursday.

[granthamite]

A flexible one? Example, one week it might be M-W-F, another might be T-W-T, just depending on meetings/calendar schedule. But I think a 3 day workweek would be pretty awesome.

[lostarz]

3 10's, Tues-Thurs

[genet313]

I work about that now, M-T 9-5, but as a lawyer I'm on call and answer emails on my days off.  I don't do a ton of work if I can help it, but I'm still reachable and semi-plugged in.  It's pretty sweet, TBH.

[forthelove959]

If I'm keeping my current position at my current workplace (ER nurse), TuWTh 7a-5p. I wish that were an option, really. I would LOVE that schedule.

[dcn]

I worked 25 a week. I worked m-th 8:30-3:15, with a 30 min lunch break. Loved it. I'd try to keep one day a week free if you can.

[krystee]

Three 10s, T-Th for now (7-5). I'm not sure if I'd keep it the same or do traditional school hours when he's in school.

[ijack]

probably 3 10s. or 3 8s and then a 6 hour day. I've also considered 8:30-2:30 M_F so that I could take the girls to school and drop them off, but I think I'd want a 3 day weekend.

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Aug 11, 2016 14:08:04 GMT -5 @mrsbecky said:

Mon-Thurs

Agreed.

Never take Monday as the off day, unless you have a really sweet plan in place to deal with holidays. Half of federal holidays are on Mondays. It's why my two in-office days are Mondays and Tuesdays. The weeks of MLK, Presidents', Memorial, Labor, and Columbus Days, I only have to come into the office once. If any of the other holidays fall on a Monday (aka Christmas this year), that's even more weeks I'm only in the office once!

Think strategically!

If I had to do 5 days/week, I'd do 10-4:30 (assuming a 30 minute lunch break here). I suck at mornings, but this would still get me home at a decent time.

[niq]

Mon-Thu with a short day on Thursday. So 8.5-8.5-8.5-4.5 or something.

[lolalolalola]

I work 6 hour days and it's awesome (9:00-4:00 with a 1 hour lunch). I drop the kids off at school before work and they have an hour on their own after school before I get home. It makes a massive difference in our lives to have those extra 2 free hours every day

[SJ]

Mon-Thurs 7-2

And then 2 hours at home on evenings/weekends to make up the rest. Can I do that?

[luckyno7]

Is work Tuesday through Friday. More people I feel like take Friday's off so if I was running errands I would hope Monday would be less busy.

[ellipses84]

My selfish preference would be M-Th. However, my work would prefer M-F reduced hours and it would be better for the kids to have shorter days at school/daycare. We have several part time people and it's harder on other colleagues and clients when they are out for an entire day a week. Their absence is much less noticeable when they are in the office everyday, to the point of people not realizing they work reduced hours. I would also stay at 32 hours to keep my benefits.

[hamster]

I work 30 hours and am generally scheduled 8-2 M-F. I'd like to work some longer and some shorter days but it never works out that way.

[oneslybookworm]

3 10s, M-W. Bliss.

[loskadoodle]

I don't think 3 10s are an option for me. My kids aren't in school yet but their elementary will be 730-2, if that changes anything. I will get full time benefits at 30 hours

[kate1482]

I work Monday-Thursday. It's pretty perfect.

[moopoint17]

Either 3-10s or 5-6s (9am-3pm)

[rbp]

I would like to commute fewer days and have a full day off. OTOH, if I was working a reduced schedule I wouldn't want to work 10-hour days (would complicate childcare, etc.) So I would compromise and work 7.5 hours M-Th.

[loskadoodle]

Aug 11, 2016 15:44:22 GMT -5 rbp said:

I would like to commute fewer days and have a full day off. OTOH, if I was working a reduced schedule I wouldn't want to work 10-hour days (would complicate childcare, etc.) So I would compromise and work 7.5 hours M-Th.

Oh also, I would be wfh but will need to take my kids to daycare. Either way we will pay for full time daycare. Just not sure if I am better off doing 6 hrs a day or 4 days. I feel like I am more likely to work out if I do 6hrs/day. But maybe I'm kidding myself lol

[hbomdiggity]

Aug 11, 2016 14:21:28 GMT -5 krystee said:

Three 10s, T-Th for now (7-5). I'm not sure if I'd keep it the same or do traditional school hours when he's in school.

So no lunch?

3 10s sounds brutal. I think I'd prefer 5 days a week for 6 hrs.

[pooh8402]

3 12s (what I work right now) is not fun. 3 10s is not much better. and it absolutely complicates childcare. that's why my vote is for more days, shorter hours. before having a kid, 3 12s was awesome.

[krystee]

I do 9s now to have every other Friday off, so I'd happily do a 10th hour for an extra day. My team is flexible and doesn't really dock time for lunch because we often work extra hours and it's kind of a wash.

[osulori]

3 10s, Tuesday through Thursday. I usually work 4 10s with Monday off, and the weeks I've had to take a Friday off have been amazing.

[miamigirl]

I'd work M-F 9-3. That's my dream, lol.