{"id":5256,"date":"2015-02-16T10:58:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/citings\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2015-10-13T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:23:19","slug":"working-for-the-long-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2015\/02\/16\/working-for-the-long-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Working for the Long Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5257\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/iWU5AV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5257\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/citings\/files\/2015\/02\/11779317145_dec254ad03_k-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Preiser Project, Flickr CC.\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2015\/02\/11779317145_dec254ad03_k-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2015\/02\/11779317145_dec254ad03_k-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2015\/02\/11779317145_dec254ad03_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Preiser Project, Flickr CC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Who doesn\u2019t love a four (or five!) day\u00a0weekend? An extra day or two away from the desk means more time for leisure activities and to disengage from work. But <a href=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/sschieman\/Professional_Home_Page\/Home.html\">Scott Schieman<\/a>, sociology professor at University of Toronto, warns that consistently short work weeks may not help work-life balance in the long run. In an interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/shorter-work-week-comes-with-many-downsides-says-canadian-sociologist-1.2952356\">CBC<\/a>\u2019s Daybreak South, Schieman said,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I think what we have to really look at are the nature or the demands of the job&#8212;and how those demands can either be compressed in particular time periods, or whether they actually need to be spread out, and that&#8217;s when you get to some of the cons.<\/p>\n<p>When the same amount of work needs to be done in three days instead of five, it means longer hours. It\u2019s like cramming for a college exam, when it\u2019s physically tiring and harder to process information. Even if three days of intense work seems like a good trade for four days at home, it\u2019s still unlikely that \u201cdays off\u201d mean not working, Schieman points out: &#8220;What if there&#8217;s a deadline, what if there&#8217;s an ongoing project? Can you really break from that fully?&#8221; Additionally, people with families may find the long hours associated with shorter work weeks incompatible with obligations like carpool, and non-stop work is unlikely to happen in a house with a demanding toddler. Savoring the occasional holiday might provide a better balance, aligning with kids\u2019 school days and taken-for-granted \u201cbusiness hours,\u201d while adding in a \u201cbonus\u201d day of leisure intermittently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn\u2019t love a four (or five!) day\u00a0weekend? An extra day or two away from the desk means more time for leisure activities and to disengage from work. But Scott Schieman, sociology professor at University of Toronto, warns that consistently short work weeks may not help work-life balance in the long run. 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