Four Day Week?
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James Joyner | Friday, July 10, 2009 |
Over at his other digs, Dave Schuler muses,
Is it my imagination or do things become very, very quiet on Fridays these days? I know that traffic at this blog drops sharply on Fridays which suggests to me that a lot of people read blogs from work and that they aren’t at work on Fridays.
In the DC area, at least, it’s not uncommon to have flex schedules. Some work 10 hour days four days a week and takeMondays or Fridays off. Others put in 9 hour days and take every other Monday or Friday off. And a bold few work 8 hour days while claiming 10.
Beyond that, people tend to treat Fridays more casually, both in their attire and their pace of work, often skipping out quite early.
My blog traffic tends to go down to weekend levels by early afternoon and has for years.
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About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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