▶ Your Answer :
There is a controversy whether it
is more enjoyable to work only three days a week for extended hours compared to
working five days a week for shorter hours. I agree with the statement that it
is better to work only three days a week for long periods of time. The reasons
include that people can broaden their perspective and relieve their stress more
effectively.
To begin with, people can broaden their
perspective and experience wide ranges of things when they have day off. Even though,
they work late for three days, they can have full days off instead of just few
hours off after work. Two days off during the week can provide one with many
opportunities to do variety of activities. People can join social groups or exercise
more. During those process, they can interact with a lot of people and learn
from them. They can broaden their perspective by accepting diversity. To be
more specific, they learn to cope with others. For example, I have a friend who
works 4 days a week and 3 days off. He mentions that he can have more time to
engage in social club which is a bookclub more actively. By actively participating
in the book club, he got to meet and discuss with people from different
background and learn to understand opposite views and perspective.
Second, people can relieve their stress
more effectively by working three days a week. Some might think that they can
get more stress since they work late for two days, however, it is not like that
they have to work everyday, but instead, they get to relax for two days. To explain,
they do not have to constantly think about the stressful situation that they
have to deal with the next day. They refresh their stress level and reenergize themselves
over the long break. For instance, my cousin is working at the company which implements
3 days working schedule, and he felt that he got to relieve his stress from work
more effectively since he has more time to relax and rest completely. 5 days a
week work schedule was not effective for him when it comes to getting a full
rest and lowering his stress level.
Finally, I strongly agree that one should have more
enjoyable life if they work three days a week instead of 5 days a week because
they can more time to completely emerge in broadening their perspective and
relieve their stress. |