<story><title>Switching to a four-day workweek (2021)</title><url>https://www.bolt.com/blog/switching-four-day-workweek/#</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwawayboise</author><text>&lt;i&gt;we’re encouraging employees to set the following out-of-office email notification of Fridays: “I’m out of the office today because we’re working consciously here at Bolt and are currently testing out a four-day workweek. I’ll be back in touch with you on [Monday].”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ugh. Just say &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m out of the office today and will respond on Monday&amp;quot; no need to tout your experimental company philosophy.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wy35</author><text>Disagree. While the &amp;quot;we&amp;#x27;re working consciously&amp;quot; bit can be left out, you have to let the people you communicate with know that it&amp;#x27;s not just this Friday, it&amp;#x27;s EVERY Friday. Just saying &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m out of the office today and will respond on Monday&amp;quot; implies it&amp;#x27;s a one-time thing.</text></comment>
<story><title>Switching to a four-day workweek (2021)</title><url>https://www.bolt.com/blog/switching-four-day-workweek/#</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwawayboise</author><text>&lt;i&gt;we’re encouraging employees to set the following out-of-office email notification of Fridays: “I’m out of the office today because we’re working consciously here at Bolt and are currently testing out a four-day workweek. I’ll be back in touch with you on [Monday].”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ugh. Just say &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m out of the office today and will respond on Monday&amp;quot; no need to tout your experimental company philosophy.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>Ugh. Four day work week trials have proven very successful in Japan, Iceland, Spain, and now the US. It &lt;i&gt;absolutely&lt;/i&gt; makes sense to tout this proven benefit to others. The only folks complaining are the ones who don’t believe data driven evidence or have an unhealthy relationship with work. No need to denigrate positive, &lt;i&gt;no cost&lt;/i&gt; efforts to drag forward work life balance and quality of life.</text></comment>