I shifted my work schedule to fit mostly into a 4-day week. Now I devote Fridays to my side hustle.

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Priyanka Jain modified her work schedule to fit most of her hours into four days a week. Now, she devotes most of her Fridays to working on her side business.

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I'm a Gen Zer who chooses to work from the office 5 days a week because it's helping me get ahead faster

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Zehra Naqvi is a Gen Z employee who chooses to work from the office each weekday.

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10 Things in Tech: The end of coding as we know it, why the 4-day workweek works, and wild Kittyhawk designs

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Hello, readers. Hallam Bullock here, Insider's newsletter editor, reporting from London.

When we caught up last week, I asked to hear your thoughts about a CEO who appeared to laud an employee who sold their family dog in order to meet expectations at work. 

I'm a Gen X working mom who tried TikTok's 'Bare Minimum Monday' trend, and it's harder than it looks

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Insider's Rebecca Knight studies TikTok to learn how to do Bare Minimum Monday.

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As the 4-day workweek gains traction, Congressman Mark Takano is reintroducing his proposal to make it law

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Rep. Mark Takano, a California Democrat

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A group of companies say they plan to continue with a 4-day workweek after workers on a trial took fewer sick days and resignations fell

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2,900 employees in the UK took part in the four-day workweek trial.

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Some Taliban fighters are sick of the 9 to 5 grind, complaining they've been sucked into urban life by working desk jobs to run Afghanistan

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In this picture taken on November 19, 2021 A Taliban fighter sits on a ride during a visit to an amusement park next to the Qargha Lake on the outskirts of Kabul.
In this picture taken on November 19, 2021 A Taliban fighter sits on a ride during a visit to an amusement park next to the Qargha Lake on the outskirts of Kabul.

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Offices across the US are at least half full for the first time since before the pandemic, new data shows

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Offices are now at least half full for the first time since the pandemic.

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