Employee rejoices in new 4-day work week policy, only to be let go so the company can compensate for the change: ‘It’s not personal’ – FAIL Blog

It turns out that adapting to a four-day work week required this company to make tough budgetary decisions to allow for this change to take place. Unfortunately, that led to a round of layoffs that included the author of this anecdote. 

No one on his team seemed to expect that this change was going to lead to some folks losing their jobs entirely. Clearly, this change took place before the company was actually ready to implement the model. Chances are that most employees would not agree to this schedule if they knew several people on their respective teams would then be at risk of losing employment. 

Hopefully, there will be a day when we can earn the privileges of four-day work weeks without sacrificing job security along the way.