Originally Posted by
pacificaslim
You could try to get your workplace to switch to flex time schedule or something like 9-80 schedule. I work 9-80 which means in a two week payperiod we work eight 9-hour days (on mon-thurs), one 8-hour day (friday), and then that's 80 hours so the second friday is off! The office is split into two groups so that half the people are there on each friday. Because of this I have a weekday to take care of errands that are best done on weekdays.
My employer does offer a compressed workweek program. It has been extremely popular over the years. I was on it for over ten years. I got one weekday off every two weeks. Recently, with labor disputes, management's onging dislike for the compressed workweeks (can never schedule meetings on Mondays and Fridays) and now mandatory unpaid furlough days, the program restrictions have become too much of a pain to deal with. Working the shorter days also lets me commute in less heavy traffic. I do miss having three day weekends though...