How would you split your working hours?

cleggie

Hi

if you were working 16 hours and could choose how to split those hours, would you either

A- work 2 days of 8 hours

or

B- work 4 days of 4 hours?

Or would you choose to split it another way?

want-it-all

Personally, 2 x 8 hours. This would cut down on things like travel costs and parking, as well as giving the obvious advantage of having 5 days per week off work. However, I don't have children or anything, so don't have any particular reason for needing to be at home at prescribed times.

3forholidays

I work 16 hours a week and I do 3 days at 5 hours 20 minutes a day.

cleggie

Thanks guys.
want-it-all i had never thought of those money saving incentives for only working 2 days!

cmw1212

The 2x8 and if I could choose the days too they'd be Wednesday and Thursday.

LadyMissA

cleggie wrote: »

Hi

if you were working 16 hours and could choose how to split those hours, would you either

A- work 2 days of 8 hours

or

B- work 4 days of 4 hours?

Or would you choose to split it another way?

I would do two days of 8 hrs as like said cheaper travel, daily costs, maybe then you can do a 2nd job for 16 hours (if you were looking) or use the time to another advantage

magenta22

It would really depend on the other commitments you have outside of work. Do you have children to collect from school? Is it far to travel to?

saterkey

I do 3 hrs 42 every day 18.5 in total, bit strange but not too far to go from home and free parking. I do find being in every day, I can see whats going on and dont miss much. when i did 2 1/2 days i found i spent a few hours just catching up with what my job share person had done.

melanzana

Because the four of us look after our ill mum, and have adjusted our hours accordingly, I work three weeks on and one week off. It is absolutely brilliant. I know it's not helping OP, but 2x8 is what I would do personally, if I could afford that!

On certain of my "weeks off" during the year, because Mum is having tests in Hospital, or someone else does extra, I can toddle off somewhere warm.

The reduction in pay is more than taken care of by the reduction in work costs.

It costs money to go to work!"

OK, I am lucky my employer has a work life balance policy too.

Best of luck OP.

t0rt0ise

It's all down to personal preference. I have chosen to work half time but the job I got was 5 half days and quite honestly if I'm working a late shift I feel as though it's all day as I'm waiting in the morning to go to work and don't do anything much with the time. I would much rather do two or even three days and have the other days completely off. But that's just me.

esmy

I have worked part time hours for several years. I have always preferred to do my hours as full working days rather than work shorter hours over more days. This did mean that I had to pay for childcare when the kids were small but I also had time to go to playgroup, school assemblies etc if they were on my non working days. I have also preferred to do my working days together so I have a clear division between my working week and my 'home'week.