To ask what day is best to have as a day off

I always had a Tuesday off, I loved it - did the Monday, caught up then had the Tuesday off, it meant when it was a bH I got 4 days off but also very few people take Tuesdays off so everywhere was quieter and no one asked to meet me for a coffee - I loved it

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but most teacher training days fall on a Monday, more often than not anyway. So this would work better than a Friday.

I love not working on Wednesdays, breaks up the week so nicely. It might take you out of boo Monday, yeeey Friday swing and keeps productive levels the same all days.

I’ve had Fridays off for 10 years and love it. The weekend starts a day early so I can get ahead, or relax, depending how I feel. Also lots of friends are off on Fridays or it’s quiet so they can meet for coffee.

Im sure other days are good but I wouldn’t change it!

But OP would only be able to do that in the school holidays anyway (and probably has enough leave to cover that) since she's got a child in school.

I used to have Thursdays off and loved it. 3 days in a row never felt like too much work, then a nice day off to do fun things. Logging on again on Friday everything was so quiet that whatever had happened Thursday was dealt with fine and I never went into the weekend feeling stressed. I also had my toddler with me on Thursdays so to have a little break from him again on a Friday was quite nice before having a whole weekend of parenting. That makes me sound awful but I can't even pretend that my job is harder than looking after a toddler all day, it just isn't.

I'm now switching to Fridays and slightly apprehensive. It'll be great for long weekends, and not much happens on a Friday so my Monday won't be noticeably busier. But it does mean three days on the trot with the kiddo, and no midweek break. We'll see how it goes.

But you never get a long weekend? ….I used to go away at least 2 weekends a month….having Mondays off I didn’t use any annual leave

Monday Monday Monday…..I did this when I worked 4 days….so I had 6 hours from every BH which fell on a Monday to take exactly when I wanted to….like having lots of extra annual leave ….loved it….,could never understand why people wanted Friday 🤷

I used to have Wednesdays off but had to move it to Fridays to make childcare work, as my DS's childminder doesn't work on Fridays as so many parents take Fridays off.

From a work perspective I much preferred having Wednesdays off. If there's something you don't get to by the end of Tuesday, it's not usually too much of an issue to push it to Thursday morning. If you haven't finished something by Thursday evening, it means you didn't get to it all week and you won't do it until Monday morning, so late by 3 days instead of 2 and psychologically it somehow feels even worse.

I now spend Thursdays from about 4pm handing things over to my team whereas I used to be able to kind of massage my workload better when I had Wednesdays off.

I have Wednesdays off. I did a phased return due to sick leave and tested every option and found I couldn't work more than 2 days so it was either go down to 3 days or do 4 days and take of Wednesdays. I did the later.

For my work its not ideal as we have important meetings on a Wednesday so I sometimes have to join a meeting for an hour but get that hr back the next day.

A controversial vote for Tuesdays. Work on Monday never seems like a big deal as it's only for one day and mainly used to set up for the rest of the week. Then the Wed, Thur, Fri run is useful to get stuck into things but you're never too far from the weekend.

I'd pick Tuesdays every time 😁

Mondays. For your reason.

I'd prefer a Monday off if I had the choice. Mondays are always busier than Fridays

I've tried monday and friday and constantly feel like im playing catch up. Wednesdays are good for balance.

Definitely mondays off! Like you said, i get all the bank holiday hours as extra annual leave to take when i want. However i am full time compressed into 4 days so i do get the full allowance of bank hols hours

Definitely Friday off - it's a good day for drop off and pick up at school, people are in more of a chatty mood than a Monday and you can get to know the parents - if you want to. Also you can do after school play dates or park. After school play dates on a Monday just don't feel much fun.

Also socially I found most people who worked PT were off on a Friday so could do a coffee or lunch.

Ive worked a 4 day and week for 15 years. Have changed my days over that time for various different reasons, including being more available for a specific client or project.

I've had Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Friday was my least favourite - always felt like a waste. Much prefer to do practical things like grocery shop and house reset early on the week - it lasts longer!

After that, would take any mid-week day that suits the flow of your work best. Currently I'm on Mondays off.

I really enjoyed having a Tues off - get set up for the week on Monday, and then head down Wed - Fri. Bank Holiday weekends meant 4 days off. And it was really easy to take 1 extra day anytime to have a 4-day weekend.

Word of warning for Mondays off - if you plan to have school friends over for playdates after school on Mondays, remember to organise them before Monday! This always caught me out

I gave Fridays off. If it's a bank holiday Monday I tend to work the Friday instead (my work is v flexible) and save the hours for annual leave.

I tend to do a lot of the jobs on my day off, so I get things ready for the weekend, shopping, cleaning etc and then can relax on Saturday and Sunday. I know some people like a mid week day off, but I like turning my computer off on Thursday afternoon and knowing I'm not back until Monday

Check the school dates. Loads of things happen in our school on a Friday e.g. class assemblies, Inset days, sports day, fayre after school. Friday is my busiest day and it's a bit of a pain.

I work Mon-Thurs but DH has Wed as his non-working day. We both think we have the best deal - I love that Thursday is my 'mega-Friday' but he says he gets both 'mini-Friday' (Tuesday) AND 'real Friday'

I have Wednesdays off and it's FAB. Its much more a break than having a long weekend. It means Tue night is like an extra Friday too, so that's pizza and movie night.

A long weekend every weekend would be nice, but ANOTHER little mini-weekend right in the middle of the week when I need it most is even better!! Wouldn't change it for the world!

Monday. I did this for years and it was great. I worked for NHS and got my bank holidays prorata'd into my annualised hours, so ended up with 'extra leave'.

Wednesday! You never work more than two days in a row, and if it’s a bank holiday on the Monday you only need to take Tuesday as leave and you get an amazingly long weekend!

I used to have Wednesdays off….loved it! Quiet day for appointments of shopping etc. Nice little midweek break.

Monday due to bank hols. Plus everyone is on a wind down on Friday so it's usually an easier shift. Better to have Manic Monday off IMO.