AuthorHenry O'Loughlin

Hi, I'm the founder of Buildremote. I have worked from home for a decade and ran a fully remote, four-day work week company for eight years. I've made all of the mistakes running a distributed team. I hope if you read my work, you'll be spared.

272 Companies With 4-Day Work Weeks (Mar 2023)

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 During the Industrial Revolution, factory workers logged 80-100 hours per week. But in 1926, Henry Ford popularized the 40-hour work week after he found that working more barely yielded an increase in productivity. It was a breakthrough in how we work. But it was also nearly one hundred years ago. Just like how Henry Ford implemented the five-day work, today’s visionary companies have...

55 Places For Work From Home, Make Your Own Schedule Jobs

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You want to work from home, make your own schedule, and build a career that fits you. I get it, since that’s what I’m attempting to do here with my company, Buildremote. To find make-your-own-schedule, work-from-home jobs, you have three places to look: 19 freelancer platforms to find work-from-home jobs where you can make your own schedule 35 asynchronous companies where the...

9/80 Work Schedule: The Manager’s Guide

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Just about 100 years ago, Henry Ford popularized the five-day, 40-hour work week. Since then, most of the working world has operated on that schedule or something similar. But there are other options, folks! And many of us do different work than Ford assembly-line workers. In this article, we break down everything you’ll need to know about the 9/80 work schedule which allows for an extra...

4/10 Work Schedule: The Manager’s Guide

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What is the 4/10 work schedule? The 4/10 work week (or “4 10s”) consists of four, ten-hour work days (typically Monday – Thursday) followed by a three-day weekend (typically Friday – Sunday). Why do you work five days per week for 40 hours? Think back in your company’s history. Who made the decision to work that schedule? What purpose does it serve toward the goal of the...

Return To Office Plans For Every Fortune 100 [March 2023]

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In early 2020, the office was turned off like a light switch. Anyone who could work from home was instructed or recommended to do just that. This was a temporary measure to fight a pandemic. But the temporary shift from in-office work to remote work turned into a massive, unintentional experiment to test where and how work could be done. Like in any experiment, the experimental group...

Meta (Facebook)’s Return To Office Policy & Timeline

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Return To The Office: News & Data Center Chapter 1: Fortune 100’s Return To The Office Chapter 2: Companies Reducing Office Space Chapter 3: San Francisco’s Return To Office Chapter 4: New York City’s Return To Office Chapter 5: Return To Office & Quitting Statistics Chapter 6: Return To Office Incentives, Bribes, Perks Chapter 7: Why Are Companies Going Back To The...

Every Major Company Reducing Office Space: 2020-2023

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The Hub For Return To Office (RTO) News & Data Chapter 1: Return To Office Plans For The Fortune 100 > Chapter 2: Companies Reducing Office Space Chapter 3: Companies Delaying Return To Office Chapter 3: Are Employees Quitting? Chapter 4: Why Are Companies Going Back To The Office? Chapter 5: Common Questions RTO news & sentiment by company: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Bank Of...

How Many Work Weeks Are In A Year?

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You’re trying to plan out your businesses’s next quarter or year. You need some trustworthy data so you can plan employee schedules, know when holidays fall throughout the year, and more: How many work weeks are in a year? How many work days are in a year? How many work hours in a year? How many days and hours by month in 2023, 2024, 2025?   Work Weeks Per Year There is no...

14 Hybrid Work Schedules Being Tested Now [2023]

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What is a hybrid work schedule? Hybrid work schedule – a policy that states when remote work happens and when office work happens for which employees on which days.   As we’ve been tracking every company switching to a hybrid work model, we’ve come across 21 unique names for hybrid work schedules. Companies are making it up on the fly (and making up new names for their hybrid...

How Many Work Hours Are In A Year?

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You’re planning out your business calendar and need to know how many work hours in a year. Maybe you’re setting work schedules, hours for part-time employees, or company goals by month.  And you need to solid answers to the following questions: How many work hours are in a year? How many open business hours are in a year? How many federal holidays, and when are they observed? In...