116 companies

BBC
76 · GreatThe BBC is a pioneering public service broadcaster delivering world-class content across TV, radio, and digital platforms to millions globally.

CapaCloud
71 · GreatBest Decentralized GPU Platform

University of Manchester
68 · GoodRussell Group university. Compressed hours available — full-time hours worked over fewer, longer days (e.g. 35 hours over 4 days).

Scottish Government
68 · GoodThe Scottish devolved government civil service. Compressed hours available as a flexible-working option on a 35-hour working week.

Historic England
68 · GoodThe public body that champions and protects England's historic environment. Open to compressed hours working as a flexible-working option.

Jigsaw Homes Group
68 · GoodOne of England's largest housing associations — ~35,000 affordable homes across the North West and East Midlands. Offers compressed hours, with the option to work a full-time role across a 4-day week in a number of roles.

Macmillan Cancer Support
68 · GoodOne of the UK's largest cancer charities. Staff can compress their full-time hours (34.5/week) into a 4-day week instead of 5.

Nuffield Foundation
68 · GoodIndependent charitable trust funding research in education, welfare and justice. Open to compressed working weeks.

Mind
68 · GoodThe leading mental-health charity in England and Wales. Offers flexible working including flexitime, compressed hours, and hybrid and home working.

National Housing Federation
68 · GoodThe trade body for housing associations in England. Lists compressed working hours among its flexible-working practices.

City of Henderson
67 · GoodNevada\'s second-largest city offering a four-day 38-hour work week, 13 paid holidays, and employer-paid retirement — Best Place for Working Parents 2024-2026.

Cornwall Council
65 · GoodCornwall's unitary local authority. Staff can request compressed hours including a 9-day fortnight on full pay.

Naked Wines
65 · GoodNaked Wines connects wine lovers with independent winemakers worldwide, delivering world-class wines at fair prices while championing transparency and work-life balance.

Gungho
64 · GoodA private equity-backed demand generation agency specializing in RegTech lead generation, offering a 4-day work week and flexible remote working arrangements.

Praytell
61 · GoodAward-winning creative communications agency with a 4-day work week, employee ownership, and a culture-first approach to modern PR and brand storytelling.

SmugMug + Flickr
61 · GoodThe photo-platform company behind SmugMug and Flickr runs a fully remote 4-day work week.

Syracuse University
59 · GoodPrivate research university in central New York. Benefits-eligible staff can work a compressed work schedule — a full week worked over four 10-hour days.

George Washington University
59 · GoodPrivate research university in Washington, DC. Full-time staff can work a 4/40 compressed work week — four 10-hour days.

Ohio State University
59 · GoodLarge public research university in Columbus, Ohio. Staff can work a compressed work week — four 10-hour days instead of five.

University of Washington
59 · GoodPublic research university in Seattle, Washington. Staff can work a compressed work week — four consecutive 10-hour workdays.

Arizona State University
59 · GoodLarge public research university in Tempe, Arizona. Staff can work a compressed work week — four 10-hour days with one day off.

Rice University
59 · GoodPrivate research university in Houston, Texas. Benefits-eligible staff can work a compressed workweek — a 40-hour week over fewer, longer days.

Ohio University
59 · GoodPublic research university in Athens, Ohio. Staff can work a compressed work week — a full week worked over fewer, longer days.

Washington University in St. Louis
59 · GoodPrivate research university in St. Louis, Missouri. Staff can work a compressed work schedule — a full week over fewer, longer days.
How a compressed work week works
Full-time hours compressed into 4 days
- Work standard 40-ish hours but compressed into 4 days
- Each working day is 9-10 hours instead of 8
- No pay cut — same total hours, just reorganised
- Suits people who want one extra weekend day without earning less
How we rank these companies
These companies are ordered by their work-life score— a 0–100 rating we calculate from each employer’s published policies, averaging 62 across the 116 companies on this page.
- Contracted hours carry the most weight — the fewer hours a full-time week actually is, the higher the score. A 40-hour week earns nothing here.
- Remote and schedule flexibility comes next: whether the role is genuinely remote, how much say you have over your hours, and whether core hours are fixed.
- Paid leave is scored above a 15-day baseline, so a statutory minimum adds nothing and a genuinely generous allowance does.
- The schedule itself can add or subtract. A genuine reduced-day week scores positively; a full-week perk such as unlimited PTO scores negatively, because it is not a reduction in hours.
Every company starts from the same baseline and is scored on the policies recorded in its profile, so a company that publishes more detail is scored more precisely. The same score appears on that company’s own page. Read the full scoring rubric →
How we curate this list
We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →
Last reviewed: August 31, 2026
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