Do half of yall have a 4 day work week or what?

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Seems like every Thursday its bumper carts day on the highway cause theres always a crash lmao

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FlippantPinapple@reddit

Yeah. Most hybrid employees have Friday off. Even if other days they go into office vary.

I noticed this too between Christmas week and New Years. My commute time was cut in half.

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masta@reddit

That's why the smart folks always work Tuesday ~ Friday, taking Monday off...

Let's face it Monday's suck, especially Monday morning, so it's better to take that day off instead of Friday.

For some mysterious reason weekends seem longer when they are Saturday, Sunday, Monday... Compared to Friday, Saturday, Sunday... They are the same length but having Monday off just seems more length than Friday. Conversely, week weeks seem faster Tuesday to Friday. Not too mention the perk of great drives on Friday. Also, working in a deserted office on Friday is dreamy for an introvert who just wants to get work done in peace without those distracting coworkers...

I always condescendingly giggle inter monologue when work peeps brag about their Friday off.... "Noobs!" I think smugly to myself.

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Neckrongonekrypton@reddit

Yeah I tried that for a while too

Now I’m laid off. I did it legitimately with my PTO.

You may wanna be careful who you lend that advice too

If you’re fucking indispensable, I mean like if they got rid of you there would be an absolute fucking noticeable difference on the bottom line because your gone, yeah that would fly.

If your average Allen and you do just as good as the guys that come in 5 a week? Gonna be a bad look.

Lotta places you have to prove that you are willing to work harder and produce more then a dude working in house to cement that idea to management like “ok this guy consistently fuckin kills it, he hasn’t been in, he should be but he’s kicking ass- why fuck up a good thing?”

Not to mention, some people don’t have the luxury of working a job that lets them call off.

Guess you and I are lucky ain’t we?

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masta@reddit

My dude... I 1000% always .. always make sure I'm expendable. Because Indispensable people are a business liability. Just an FYI... Good managers hate when people make themselves indispensable, and so my goal in life is to document everything I've ever done, help other people out the wazooo... Going out of my way to make other people do their job as best they can, but more importantly let everyone know how to do my job. And my jobs, I always used to automate myself which give me more time to do nothing, do extra work. Or help other people. But at any given instant if I left the company anybody could go in and take over. Clear conscience my dude!

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Neckrongonekrypton@reddit

Yeah they hate it because they can’t control that person with the same levers they would a dispensable employee. Lol they’ve effectively cemented themselves in a position of power within the org. Because what they do is in high demand, no one does it- or know one can do it. It’s some combo of the three I’ve seen.

That’s pretty much what I did. Didn’t stop me from getting the axe. I was wrongfully terminated after giving that company so much of me. I felt like a shell when they kicked me to the curb. Like what did I do that warranted such poor treatment? Was it the 3-4 dozen reps I sent up that made millions? Was it the fact I trained up many people who went on to get promotions? Or was it the fact they were threatened by me because I didn’t really care for leadership? I’ll never know, and personally knowing won’t change my position.

Personally my tasks were easy enough to figure out if you had discipline and a desire. But many simply didn’t. Our company promises best in class training but never delivered.

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masta@reddit

Good companies don't usually fire people who make themselves expendable... It sounds ridiculous on a shallow superficial level. But with deep thoughts, exploring the full implications and entailment, then you will understand why with a eureka moment. That's what always happens, it's counter intuitive for the kind of people with the tendency to make themselves indispensable. You were not entirely wrong though, the only kind of truly indispensable person is the kind with superior intellect. The most straight forward way to make a genius expendable is to hire a second genius. The way to make a highly productive person expendable is to hire two extra mediocre people who combined output as much. The way to make a highly skilled niche topic person expendable is to strictly enforce a policy of documenting all business processes, every detail, all workflows, everything... With flow charts, paragraphs, etc...

Ultimately everyone will be happier, because everyone can plan & go on vacation, or have sick days, or... Take Monday's to work from home, or work 4x10's so you just take Monday's off... The organization still moves forward, everyone can be flexible because nobody is important, etc...

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Facts. Almost 3 weeks of pure no traffic bliss

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Alcoholic720@reddit

WFH 5 days a week, it's spectacular!

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303onrepeat@reddit

Yes it is, thankfully my company got smart and shut down the very expensive office they were paying for on McKinney St in Dallas. I use to have to commute from McKinney down to that office twice a week, what a pain in the ass.

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Alcoholic720@reddit

I was working in Los Colinas when COVID hit. Had an apartment off 635/Montfort so wasn't too bad, but once I started WFH, I've never gone back to an office thankfully. Been like what 5 years now?

Got rid of my apartment (have a house in Okieland)! I do miss all the awesome restaurants though. People sleep on DFW but so many awesome options and just random shit I've tried and loved.

I still miss 90s I Fratelli (MacArthur & 635 when it was still in the strip mall, best fucking Italian food ever and my granparents are from Italy!).

Also 70s/80s El Fenix (hell even into the early 2ks, not sure wtf happened).

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NikkiVicious@reddit

We lived in some of the apartments in that triangle made by MacArthur/635/161, and I swear, I lived off of I Fratelli's for like a year. I actually bribed an Irving cop with a slice of pizza from there, one night that I was coming home from work.

I can't explain it, I normally don't like that style of Italian, but I Fratelli's is just different.

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soberfella@reddit

Now it’s Lamberti’s, Lamberti’s is solid too

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854490@reddit

I used to think i Fratelli was a widespread thing like Sbarro or something, so I would be talking to people who aren't from here and I would try to drop dank memes about how if someone is going to schedule a pointless meeting and make my attendance mandatory even though I'm not even The Guy, there had better at least be square pizza. For some reason, this did not work

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

lol my department is about to lose half their employees trying to force us back after five years of WFH and it being a promised benefit at hiring. My supervisor is pushing back for me to be in office once a month max, which I don’t mind, but it’s annoying that they have to push at all.

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JinFuu@reddit

My supervisor is pushing back for me to be in office once a month max.

Yeah, I work in Finance and wouldn't mind being in at the end of the month for a day or two for 'month close', but it feels like if you give that inch people would take a mile.

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jamesdukeiv@reddit

I’m just glad he has my back that 3 days a week is not workable, when I live on the ragged edge of our “local area.”

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Alcoholic720@reddit

Our closest offices are Austin apparently, my job is in Connecticut.

Hell of a commute!

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Lil_Sony@reddit

Bet your commute is glorious

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saysthingsbackwards@reddit

That bed just gets harder to leave

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Alcoholic720@reddit

I work east coast time and live central. I used to always work flex time so those were my normal hours.

Getting to that 7:30am meeting can be tough some days, lol.

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Neckrongonekrypton@reddit

The house too. WFH is great

If you have military level discipline and mental fortitude.

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JinFuu@reddit

It's why I always get dressed for work. Helps separate things somewhat.

On the 'unhealthy patterns', some of my fellow workers eventually got let go because they were out of the house running errands in the 'middle of the work day', which I don't understand at all.

Like, I do laundry and shit during the work day, but I'm always in the house and able to response to a Teams message/call when needed.

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Neckrongonekrypton@reddit

Oh yeah. I had the discipline. Mentally I am somewhat avoidant. And social pressure kind of kept that in check

Working from home, showed me how much of what we do is just bullshit. It fed a part of me that said “told ya, it was all pointless? Why bother?”

I gradually slipped into reclusion. Everything so comfortable, the money, my place, I had it all man.

I didn’t lose my job because I didn’t go into the office, I lose my job due to politics really. That’s the cold truth.

But I do recollect seeing people like that. That never made sense, and any company worth their salt is going to have an ungodly amount of SW and tech to track keystrokes, screen record, cam record etc.

And that’s the thing, those people think they are slick but forget to realize that any business allowing employees to work from home, has probably assessed risk and has measures in place to identify those abuses. They might not get caught right away, but if your leaving at 1:30pm for 1-2 hrs a day and your performance is mid- yeah that’ll get eyes on you and cause problems

Conversely, I’ve been a top producing dude at one point and had a fuck load of leeway. Unfair amounts. Like I only log in to wrap up 2-3 things and then get off because those 2-3 things basically covered my KPIs for month.

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BlazinAzn38@reddit

Yeah my new role is WFH Monday and Friday and then it rotates between Tuesday/Wednesday in and Tuesday-Thursday in. Luckily taking the DART makes a ton of sense for me so I’ll be doing that instead of driving

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playballer@reddit

Yep. And it only takes about 10-20% reduction of traffic to make the drive significantly better

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Jasonam1811@reddit

Just don't drive east any day of the week. That's where all the terrible poor people are going and it's always crowded 😂😂

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mantisbae@reddit

Yeah but my job has almost every combination of 4 days as a schedule. Everyone works 4 days but not everyone works the same 4 days. 10 hour shifts. 6 different types of hourly shifts.

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mechengineer89@reddit

I drove from north fort worth to mesquite every day. Can confirm Friday is much less traffic

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Tasty_Two4260@reddit

Work from home bliss, I’m concerned that president Elon is going to have an impact on even private industries forcing productive workers into the office, jamming up the roads.

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Inner_Interaction_93@reddit

It’s more like Tuesday to Thursday

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travel4work75126@reddit

I work from home Mondays and Fridays and go to the office the other days. My commute is really long (1hour, 15 min each way), normally. But I love my job, so I do it.

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Mydogis_sodumb@reddit

I work 4 days a week in person. 10 hour shifts. I can’t ever go back to 5-10’s after having 3 days off for several years. Morning drive is about 20-25 minutes and home is 40-55

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Jonqbanana@reddit

5 days a week in office 8 hrs a day. Yay corporate overlords.

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Admirable_Review_856@reddit

This exactly why I’m moving to Plano ASAP!!!! Lmao I hate it.

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Im_a_computer-y_guy@reddit

Hybrid schedules

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DatasGadgets@reddit

Get the fuck off your phone when you’re driving you cunts.

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mermaidworld@reddit

Whee do y’all work? I’m interested in a WFM job?

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djdijonmustard@reddit

Don't share the secret!!

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DeathByToothPick@reddit

How about don’t look at your phone and drive??

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GetBent009@reddit

I don’t know if you know this or not, but that is not an actual picture of OP

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stevil30@reddit

i drive 250 city miles a day. there's a 50 50 chance that's him. 80 20 if he drives a large pickup

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DeathByToothPick@reddit

How would you know? Have you seen them?

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Tf am I supposed to look at then??? The road?boooooooring no thanks

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DeathByToothPick@reddit

Don’t worry, That Paper Tag Altima will keep you entertained. O, Wait… That’s you isn’t it?

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Thats my baby momma

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earthworm_fan@reddit

Yes. Next incredibly stupid obvious question

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dirtysix@reddit

today is president’s day so most people will be in strict observance today, at home honouring our nation’s many past presidents

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WayneRooneysHairPlug@reddit

Monday the 17th is President's Day

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dirtysix@reddit

oh no my wife is going to kill me

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

“Look honey, I’ve always wanted to explore some fantasies in the bedroom, and one of them involves me being George Washington”

Saved you.

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JinFuu@reddit

Wait till you read up about Warren Harding and Jerry. Super romantic

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uwax@reddit

Please tell me this was an intentional setup to punchline

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MikeFromSuburbia@reddit

"strict" lmao the only observance happening is people chillin at home

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

Speak for yourself. George Washington dreamt of a nation where anyone could buy discounted furniture and appliances.

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TopNeighborhood2694@reddit

Monday is President’s day, today is Valentine’s though

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dirtysix@reddit

sorry got mixed up. gonna be sleeping in the doghouse tonite lol. but at least the presidents will be happy.

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Zealousideal-Chip131@reddit

Wow... Friday traffic usually starts on Thursday

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hosmtony@reddit

Monday and Thursday WFH, Tuesday and Wednesday office, off every Friday.

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ToddtheRugerKid@reddit

I work 3 12s on weekends and driving out of the Love Field Area towards Roanoke on Friday some nights can get mildly annoying.

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IdolCowboy@reddit

I've lived here all my life, and the Metropolis has gone from like 1.7 mil people in 1996 to almost 9 mil today. I think it was Thanksgiving in 95 or 96 and I drove at 11 in the morning from Farmers Branch off 635 to Rosemead in Carrolton and literally saw no other cars on the road. It was surreal. Now it's traffic even on Thanksgiving.

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Ordinary_Minimum6050@reddit

Why would you drive from Dallas to Plano for work? It’s so much cheaper to live in McKinney or Allen… or Plano!!!

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SnortNorth1025@reddit

kids have monday off, so people may be taking fri & monday off. stop jinxing the traffic! don't talk about it, just enjoy it! last year it didn't seem so light even around holidays :(

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

For a while I was only in the office twice a week. Now we have to be in three days and can’t WFH both Monday and Friday. I think most people choose Friday to WFH; personally I prefer easing in to the week with Monday at home. Fridays at the office are quiet and traffic is way better.

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Amanee97@reddit

Definitely agreed! Mondays are definitely better to wfh.. imo.

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Long_Duck_Dong13@reddit

On Fridays, we race home like an Altima driver in a school zone

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Zealousideal-Arm1188@reddit

With the paper plates on! Can’t forget that

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jsullivanj@reddit

So accurate...smh

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ResolutionMany6378@reddit

I am field tech and drive through 75 everyday and also notice highways are much better on Friday.

Tuesday is also the worst traffic day while on this topic.

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Objective_Piece_8401@reddit

Agreed. Best to worst. Friday-Monday - Thursday- Wednesday - Tuesday. Don’t know what the problem is on Tuesdays but Dallas isn’t on it’s a game.

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millenix13@reddit

I think folks are most likely to take Monday or Friday off. Tuesday is probably the least taken day off. Tuesdays do indeed suck on 75.

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Zealousideal-Arm1188@reddit

Man Tuesdays r painful

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mushy_orange@reddit

I think a lot of companies have a majority of meetings on Tuesdays. Hence why most people tend to go in office on those days.

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mangoburrito@reddit

This is my exact ranking too of the PGBT and DNT

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monolith_blue@reddit

Also people leave early

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Medi-okra@reddit

Remember that traffic increases exponentially with each subsequent vehicle on the road, so even a 10% reduction in car traffic on Fridays will probably feel closer to a 30-40% reduction in overall congestion

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deadsixtythree@reddit

One rain drop on a Friday fux everything up

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Literally today bro I jynxed it lmao

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Substantial-Ad-8575@reddit

WTF? One and half hour drive? Is that both way?

My job moved from Dallas to Plano-Frisco, dropped a 30 min commute to 15-18 minutes most rush hour days. But I am Hybrid/Travel, 70% travel. Only drive to work in DFW about 14-15 weeks a year…

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Each way bro . Fluctuates but on a really good day its an hour each way at the very least

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Substantial-Ad-8575@reddit

Ouch. Must have a far drive then. Just 17.8 miles for my commute. Straight up 121 to SRT, aka DFW to DNT. And travel early and leave early 3 days a week. Not much traffic at 6:30am-3:30pm, usually is a 17-18 min drive.

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Ahh that makes sense it dies down alot around 6:30. Also my commute is 30 miles 🥲😂

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Bug-03@reddit

9/80s

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paco1764@reddit

I have a 4-day work week. I love it.

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arcanition@reddit

"4 day work week"? No

"4 days a week in office and 1 day working remotely" is more like it

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AEW_SuperFan@reddit

School is out in a lot of districts today

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xgoronx@reddit

Related to your username….you going to All In?? 🤠

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Endgame-Incoming@reddit

Yikes. This scares me. I’m moving to uptown Dallas in a few months with my office in west Plano. How bad is it going to be really?

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Horrible. You get desensitized to cutting people off real quick

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Elegant-Pressure7990@reddit

Get off the phone you’re scaring me 😭 I’m in the car in the far right lane having a panic attack on 75

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SKYERlM@reddit

On the phone while driving? That’s like half of the other drivers on the road!

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zDedly_Sins@reddit

That is so true.

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_Passeng3r@reddit

This Friday, my son’s school had the day off for a teacher work day. Then Monday they are off for Presidents’ Day. Luckily those are my two days to work from home. Didn’t have to take off or find someone to watch my kid.

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Rich260z@reddit

Lockheed is 4-10s. So possibly lol

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karma_time_machine@reddit

Have you ever considered the DART? It is a consistent 45 mins to downtown every day.

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Sweaty-Store-3757@reddit

I work corporate job Sun-Wednesday. Run my mobile detailing business Thurs-Sat.

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navyhistorynut@reddit

I guess 4x10s could be something, driving into the shop on Sunday is amazing, driving home all four days is also amazing since it 1230-100 in the morning

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oakcliffn2acp@reddit

Fuck off Friday.
Y’all get ya azz back to work.

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Self_conscious_gh0st@reddit

get off your phone!

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

I drive better when im on the phone

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

I think I’m going to go that route. Not much can get done on Friday cause everyone else is out. It is a good day to catch up on things though. I’ve sat down on days with no specific appointments or calls and worked twice as much to catch up for the next week

I used to fly out weekly to work. Then I opted to drive to work more locally, and now at 52 I just walk from my bed, pit stop at the restroom and then a few steps more to my computer and zoom setup. I have clothes hanging right there if I need to put on a work costume.

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Solomonopolistadt@reddit

I notice that Mondays are somewhat lighter too. At my old job we had Mondays and Fridays remote, a lot of people go in late/leave early on Friday too I feel like. So I consider Tuesday Wednesday Thursday the days I'm just gonna get bent tf over

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DFWDave2@reddit

the management and executive classes don't work fridays. they're golfing. or at sports bars. then they all take their third wives to dinner at chili's and try to get drunk enough off overpriced long island ice tea to forget about how all their kids hate them

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xzelldx@reddit

75 or the tollway? Because it takes me 30 min max on the tollway, but I’m also only going to Plano Rd so I don’t deal with the nonsense north of PGBT.

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

No this is for the poors like me who have tolls disabled

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OrderProfessional375@reddit

We work 3 and a half days. Easy 40 hrs

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redditjam645@reddit

Yup, friday commute home. One hand on my phone, the other clutching a cold one that i just cracked open. Knees holding the steering wheel in place. Open road.

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Most responsible dfw driver

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Texas_Crazy_Curls@reddit

I love Friday traffic.

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opticucumber@reddit

I thought i was the only one my god. Its insane its amazing i get home at 5:45

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HighPlainsDrifter79@reddit

It’s like night and day.

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ButterscotchTall4863@reddit

We work from home on Friday 😘 I drive from ennis tx to Richardson Monday thru Thursday.

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PokeMeRunning@reddit

Work from home every day like a fortunate person

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TheBlackBaron@reddit

This is exactly why I take my WFH days on Tuesday-Thursday instead. If I'm gonna drive in I may as well take advantage of the lighter traffic on Fridays and Mondays and only subject myself to the torturous mid-week traffic on one day.

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Elonmusk_is_a_hero@reddit

Honestly I don’t care, but I love with the fkn DoD (Dipshits of Dallas) are off the fucking road.

You guys are so goddamn shit at driving, Fridays are my favorite days to go into the office for this exact reason.

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Crunk_Tuna@reddit

I cant just leave at 10 am on a friday!

Oh wait yes I can because Im HOMER SIMP-

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interstatebus@reddit

Mondays also have noticeably less traffic for me.

My entire division company wide works from home on Fridays. Our office isn’t even open that day.

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East-Canary-538@reddit

I work in Richardson and live in mesquite and work every other Friday lol, I do enjoy the commute home more on Fridays .

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Charming-Course3704@reddit

I mean, not technically but I feel like most people only putting in 4 days of effort at most, post-pandemic

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

I know I am 😂

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icheinbir@reddit

I work every other Saturday and every Sunday and those days are so great for commuting!

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Ive worked Saturdays before as well and it’s practically empty on the highway

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ThePickleSoup@reddit

It be like that.

How about Mckinney through Dallas, and into Arlington (the suffering is less than the price of the toll roads)

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No_Cress_1935@reddit

Some offices have a summer Friday where you can leave in the afternoon

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No-Canary-6774@reddit (OP)

Mbn

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nomadschomad@reddit

Hybrid employees, people cutting out early for the long weekend, and quite a few of the suburban districts have today off for teacher in-service

I forget the exact stats but something like a 10% reduction in vehicles on the road reduces congestion by half.

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Turboooooooooooooo@reddit

Early release due to long weekend

Hybrid schedules which tend to mostly be T-Th in the office , and sometimes Monday

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