Mon or Fri off

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if you could work 4 days instead of 5 would youn choose mon or fri off ?

Mondays as it means I can use my bank holiday allowance whenever I want, and I always get the bank hols off as well

How is your bank holiday leave allocated? Where I work we are given an allowance to cover bank holidays - by not working a Monday I get to keep this allowance to use as I choose

Friday! I went down to 4 days, but as others had already taken Fridays, Mondays & Thursdays, I was given the choice of Tues or Weds. Not really fair, but there it is.

Monday. I don't like working a three day week if it's a bank holiday and I like getting the bank holidays as extra leave.

Friday!

As someone else said upthread: I like a productive Monday and a lazy Friday!

And I use it for housework & life admin…

Depends how your work do bank holidays.

I used to have a Thursday off, loved it as everything was open, and my work treated bank holidays as additional allowance so I got all the bank holidays plus 80% of annual leave.

Now I have Mondays off because my new job pro rata the bank holidays, but I don't have to use that pro rata'd leave on Monday bank hols, so I get extra leave.

However nothing is open on a Monday so I've not had my hair cut in months!

Mondays off. I’ve not worked a Monday in 15 years and I never get the Monday night blues. Friday is good as people are happier and you know you have the weekend.

Fridays, definitely! Long weekend every week, yippee!

Also, if you have Mondays off, you don’t benefit from bank holidays.

Depends on the job. I used to have Mondays off but worked in sales, my figures took a huge plummet in those 6 months as most of the enquiries used to come in over a weekend.

If it was a none sales role I’d definitely go with a Monday off.

Friday as a number of my friends don’t work Fridays.
Monday feels more productive setting house/life up and ready for the week.

Friday so I get all the bank holiday Mondays too

Knee jerk reaction is 'Friday' but actually it has to be Monday.

There's a different, more relaxed vibe on a Friday anyway with significantly less meetings scheduled so it's a good day already.
Although I love my job, Sundays are better when I don't have work in the morning!

I'm jel, I would looove to reduce to 4 days. Enjoy, whichever you choose 😍

Tuesday. Monday feels like a Friday and no one minds working Fridays as you get the Friday feeling and everyone is in a great mood!

I have Monday off. I wanted Friday but I actually really like it. Those who have Friday off find Thursday more stressful. Everyone is preparing for the weekend on a Friday so it doesn’t fell the same when Monday is your day off. I also get more leave in lieu of bank holidays as more are on Monday. The only downside is things being closed/not open on Monday e.g hairdressers.

It depends how much you hate Mondays.

Wednesday. Then you only ever have to work 2 days before getting a break. Great if you don't feel well.

I did both and Monday worked best as loads of school holidays are on a Monday so I didn't need to use as many holidays. Plus people are in a better mood on a Friday and it's nicer to work

Take Fridays off as you would already get some Mondays off as bank holidays

i used to be off on Mondays and noting was open! So it depends what you want to use the day off for. If you have children and want to take them out to paid places then choose Friday

Depends. I do Mondays, Dh had Fridays. Some places are very relaxed on a Friday so I woking take that day of work was like that.

It totallly depends on your business or the camping leave scheme. At my place we give people the bank holiday as additional leave if they don’t work five days. This means that people that work mon - Thursday have to use those days to book off the bhs but those that work Tuesday - Friday don’t but get the same so they’re advantaged. Be very careful!

I've worked 4 days, Tuesday-Friday for years. I like it. I could've chosen whichever 4 days I wanted. I do 4 x 8.5 hrs. The way we deal with bank holidays for PTers always works in my favour.

Tuesdays are the best days off. Lots of BH Mondays so you automatically have a 4 day break plus if you take two days leave, Fri and Mon you get a 5 day break.

You do still benefit! You are still off like everyone else but you also have the day in lieu to use when you like