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I'm pulling for Monday. Friday's already mostly a write-off.

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[โ€“] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd be so disappointed by this.

Every time I take a day off midweek, it feels like doubling the number of weeks in the week, rather than reducing the number of days.

[โ€“] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've found it precisely the opposite: Monday is like a Thursday (so experientially two Thursdays and two Fridays) with a free day to schedule doctor's appointments, car fixes, and all the other little things you'd normally have to take PTO for but now do not

[โ€“] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait, so you get a 4 day week but everyone else has to do 5 days so you can go to your appointments?

[โ€“] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago

No. It's not like businesses that are open 7 days a week require all of their employees to work every one of those days