Do you have any experience negotiating a 4-day/10-hour work week? I’m thinking about talking with my boss about it during my next performance review. Looking for some ways I can pitch the idea without getting totally shut down like I did at a previous employer. Any thoughts are appreciated!

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I successfully negotiated a 32-hour work week one time at a small agency I was working for. They were happy to pay me slightly less for the 8 hours I wouldn't be working, so it didn't take as much convincing. Would you be open to taking any kind of pay cut? I think that approach is the only way I've heard of a single individual getting a 4 day work week within a bigger company

Nope not at all because I would still be working 40 hours. I’m hoping to do four 10-hour days. But I like your strategy there.

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