Really, society needs more part-time jobs. 4 hoursa day, or 3 days of 10 hours should be the standard. That way, you can throw the rest into actually taking care of yourself and your family.
4 days at 10 hours with 3 days off is the way, as long as work-life balance is respected by the job. That would definitely go a long way towards both aligning schedules and giving enough time to address other needs with some leftover for personal care and maintaining social connections.
Not to say I don’t appreciate finally having a full-time gig that at least gives me weekends off, which I desperately needed after years of irregular part-time work that made it impossible to plan my life more than two weeks out and never seemed to align my days off with other people. But I already essentially work 7:00-17:00 Monday through Friday (and of course that extra time over 40 hours isn’t paid). The 10 hour days aren’t a problem for me, but I would really like to have an extra day off in compensation for that.
Really, society needs more part-time jobs. 4 hoursa day, or 3 days of 10 hours should be the standard. That way, you can throw the rest into actually taking care of yourself and your family.
4 days at 10 hours with 3 days off is the way, as long as work-life balance is respected by the job. That would definitely go a long way towards both aligning schedules and giving enough time to address other needs with some leftover for personal care and maintaining social connections.
Not to say I don’t appreciate finally having a full-time gig that at least gives me weekends off, which I desperately needed after years of irregular part-time work that made it impossible to plan my life more than two weeks out and never seemed to align my days off with other people. But I already essentially work 7:00-17:00 Monday through Friday (and of course that extra time over 40 hours isn’t paid). The 10 hour days aren’t a problem for me, but I would really like to have an extra day off in compensation for that.