Getting ready to send in my flexible working request but keep stalling as I cannot decide whether I compress some hours or not.
I have seen a video saying that compressing hours is the ‘hack’ to having a day or two off yet not doing the same work for less money.
The thought of working more hours in less days sounds practical, but is this not really the most stressful thing ever in practice? I imagine a workday factoring in commute times, nursery drop offs and pick ups, potentially broken sleep etc to be hard enough as it is without adding on hours to be worked. Surely there is also extra pressure as if you need to take time out your day for whatever reason, there is less opportunity then to put the time back in ?!
Am I missing something? I don’t want to work more than 3 days ideally so my options are just do 3 days, or 3.5/4 in 3 to boost earnings.
Does anyone have experience of trying to compress working hours with a young family and is it/was it ok for you, or something you would avoid?