New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why don't companies want to employ people on 4 day per week contracts?
Ask HN: Why don't companies want to employ people on 4 day per week contracts?
3 by philmcp | 15 comments on Hacker News.
Last week I posted a "Show HN" for a side-project I'm working on: https://ift.tt/2WA0JvA The idea is to post job listings which have a better work / life balance (e.g. max 30 hours per week), at the trade-off of a slightly reduced salary. I was pleased when a lot of developers signed up. I then contacted a ton of companies asking if they would be interested in offering their open positions on a 4 day / week contract, for 80% of the starting salary, e.g. - Before: Software engineer (38hrs) $100k - After: Software engineer (30hrs) $80k So far I've had 0 companies interested. Isn't 5 software developers @ $80k / 30hrs just the same as 4 @ $100k / 38hrs? I'd argue the former is even better as the developers will be less fatigued! Why are companies not interested in this? Is it because: - the stereotype of being "lazy"? - "its the way we've always done it"...? - extra paperwork? - something else I'm missing?
3 by philmcp | 15 comments on Hacker News.
Last week I posted a "Show HN" for a side-project I'm working on: https://ift.tt/2WA0JvA The idea is to post job listings which have a better work / life balance (e.g. max 30 hours per week), at the trade-off of a slightly reduced salary. I was pleased when a lot of developers signed up. I then contacted a ton of companies asking if they would be interested in offering their open positions on a 4 day / week contract, for 80% of the starting salary, e.g. - Before: Software engineer (38hrs) $100k - After: Software engineer (30hrs) $80k So far I've had 0 companies interested. Isn't 5 software developers @ $80k / 30hrs just the same as 4 @ $100k / 38hrs? I'd argue the former is even better as the developers will be less fatigued! Why are companies not interested in this? Is it because: - the stereotype of being "lazy"? - "its the way we've always done it"...? - extra paperwork? - something else I'm missing?
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