Two Is the Wrong Number of Days Off
What it is
CGP Grey argues that the two-day weekend is poorly structured and proposes taking days off midweek, such as Wednesday and Sunday, instead.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Brought up in four-day-week and work-schedule threads as the 'Weekend Wednesday' idea.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“I'm a big fan of CPGrey's Wednesday concept”
Weekend Wednesday concept for splitting the workweek
DocTomoe, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “A Hybrid Approach to Work”
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Topics: weekend wednesday, four-day week, work-life balance, cgp grey, scheduling
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