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..which 3 days a week would you choose as non-working?:D

Pretend that it does not have to include weekend.

But I'm thinking Sat/Sun/Mon - nice block of 3, friends and family free for 1st 2, and work (or just people) tend to wind down somewhat on a Friday, so would more "benefit" skipping hectic Monday.
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    TomGrantTomGrant Posts: 4,251
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    Harrowing. wrote: »
    ..which 3 days a week would you choose as non-working?:D

    Ptetend that it does not have to include weekend.

    But I'm thinking Sat/Sun/Mon - nice block of 3, friends and family free for 1st 2, and work (or just people) tend to win down somewhat on a Friday, so would more "benefit" skipping hectic Monday.

    Definitely Sat/Sun/Mon, means you could go out on Fri or Sat night and still have plenty of recovery time. One can dream :)
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    YuffieYuffie Posts: 9,864
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    I'd take Fri Sat and Sun off ...

    like a long weekend every weekend.

    But how long will it take to start wanting a 3 day week ??
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    BirthdayGirlBirthdayGirl Posts: 64,285
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    I already work a compressed week....I work 5 days (hour wise) but do them in 4.

    So I get Friday/Saturday/Sunday off :)
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    TomGrantTomGrant Posts: 4,251
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    I'd happily work 4 12 hour days to get 3 days off a week.
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    elliecatelliecat Posts: 9,890
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    It's a hard one, some weeks I would want Friday off and some I would want Monday off but that would just make Tuesday Monday. 3 day weeks would be better
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,476
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    TomGrant wrote: »
    I'd happily work 4 12 hour days to get 3 days off a week.
    Yeah, this is how flexitime shoukld ideally work :(

    Nice one BirthdayGirl ! (where's the green-envy smiley?)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,934
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    Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I used to work at a little factory where we worked 9 hours Monday to Thursday and 4 hours on Friday morning. We would have loved to do a ten-hour day and have all of Friday off, and even the owner wanted to, but we had to stay open for deliveries on Friday. When I think about it now, I'm sure he could have come up with some sort of staggered rota where just a couple of us came in on a Friday once every couple of months.
    Why do these good ideas come to me quarter of a century too late?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,934
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    TomGrant wrote: »
    I'd happily work 4 12 hour days to get 3 days off a week.

    That's a 48-hour working week.
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    I love EllieI love Ellie Posts: 8,009
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    TomGrant wrote: »
    I'd happily work 4 12 hour days to get 3 days off a week.

    That sounds like shift work to me.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 164
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    I used to work a four day week, now I work 4.2 days per week. The 0.2 extra days definitely makes a (negative) difference.
    Days off, I'm not fussed, other than I'd like to have Saturday off and work Sunday.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 137
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    I am contracted to work a 4 day week Mon-Thurs :cool:

    However as we are so busy at this time of the year I normally end up working on a Friday as overtime!
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    sodavlacsodavlac Posts: 10,607
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    Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

    I like the thought of never working more than two days in a row. :p
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,476
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    sodavlac wrote: »
    Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

    I like the thought of never working more than two days in a row. :p
    I likes ya tinkin:D
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    nessyfencernessyfencer Posts: 9,195
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    Yuffie wrote: »
    I'd take Fri Sat and Sun off ...

    like a long weekend every weekend.

    But how long will it take to start wanting a 3 day week ??

    About four minutes, apparently ;)
    elliecat wrote: »
    It's a hard one, some weeks I would want Friday off and some I would want Monday off but that would just make Tuesday Monday. 3 day weeks would be better
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    cathh70cathh70 Posts: 3,994
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    I already work Mon-Thurs, 5 hours per day.
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    molliepopsmolliepops Posts: 26,828
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    Any three days as long as my husband had the same three off too.
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    TetrameshTetramesh Posts: 2,892
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    4 days a week would be double what I work now so a bit of a step backward for me.
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    A321A321 Posts: 6,363
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    ...It would still be 4 days too many for me.
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    RAINBOWGIRL22RAINBOWGIRL22 Posts: 24,459
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    Fri / Sat / Sun for me...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,890
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    sodavlac wrote: »
    Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

    I like the thought of never working more than two days in a row. :p

    That's what I do and it's brilliant! Whenever I'm fed up I can comfort myself that I never have to do more than 2 days. If I ever need a long weekend I just change my day off to Friday or Monday.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,983
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    I'd have Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off. That way I would never have to work more than two days on the trot.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,476
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    sodavlac wrote: »
    Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

    I like the thought of never working more than two days in a row. :p
    sheikyerbootie wrote: »
    I'd have Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off. That way I would never have to work more than two days on the trot.

    "Row" or "trot"? Well I like "row", but on the other hand I also like "trot"..There's only one way to decide.... ;)
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    chiller15chiller15 Posts: 4,194
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    I'm considering doing such a thing in the coming weeks. I still have some holidays owed to me. :)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,175
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    I'd take a friday off so I'd get a long weekend.
    I'd think about the Monday as long as still got to take the bank holiday Mondays the following Tuesdays !
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 553
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    #26
    I work 4 days out of 7 and it suits me just fine. I almost always work the weekend but its a 12 o clock start on a Sunday so it feels like a half day. The only problem with this is, next week I am working Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues/Sat/Sun. It still works out 4 days per week but I can't help feeling a wee bit cheated:(
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