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Have you tried to negotiate four days week trial with your employers?

I work for an American company situated in Europe. I have been trying to negotiate working four days a week.

I am on salary and work long arduous hours daily, roughly 10 plus hours. We are expected to perform but performance dwindle due to exhaustion. Studies have shown the longer employees work the more their productivity levels drop.

SW has helped sedate my brain from exploding. I wake up thinking about meeting deadlines, I go to sleep dreaming of deadlines. It's a nightmare but every time I suggest this to my employer, I'm told you're paid a hefty amount to perform and complete the task. How you manage it is your problem. 😢

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Tatsumi · 31-35, M

HA! Good luck. The only way you would be able to manage that would probably be through ADA and reasonable accommodation, if you have a severe mental disorder or physical impairment. Even then, probably doubtful. If you work for an American company, it should be held accountable to ADA. Errr....maybe that's just for Americans.

Otherwise, maybe you can seek a 4 day a week job in Europe. It's more likely you'll find one there, than for an American company. Working for an American company, they're not going to do shit, most likely. That's excessively rare, and there are no negotiations. You're their bitch.

PilinisesiofParadise · 31-35, F

@Tatsumi
We have some American companies here in Malta. They’re quite clever, they pluck fresh graduates. But they pay way better than local European companies, huge margin in salary for certain career like engineers. I love that last sentence. 😂😂

Tatsumi · 31-35, M

@PilinisesiofParadise I can imagine so: American engineers are few and far between and have been in decline, for awhile. Most of our high quality people come from the H1-B visas: just buying other country's geniuses. Most of our graduates compete at the level of 3rd world countries [to quote Michio Kaku]. We just buy or use other country's geniuses or highly skilled workers and neglect our own.

Tis the truth. I have a thing about corporations.

Random1Thoughts · F

@Tatsumi
Exactly as Paradise girl mentioned. I'm in the engineering field and the salary working for an American company is significantly higher.

There's room for advancement in big American companies. With experience from a big American corporation together with my qualifications can open wider doors to a prosperous career. I'm sacrificing for the greater good.

You're right, for now, I am their bitch. 😂🤣