Companies Offering Compressed Work Weeks in the United States
Browse 88+ compressed work week companies in United States—for a better work-life balance. 876+ open roles.
88 companies
CapaCloud
71 · GreatBest Decentralized GPU Platform
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.
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.
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.
University of Washington
59 · GoodPublic research university in Seattle, Washington. Staff can work a compressed work week — four consecutive 10-hour workdays.
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.
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.
Ohio University
59 · GoodPublic research university in Athens, Ohio. Staff can work a compressed work week — a full week worked over fewer, longer days.
Cornell University
59 · GoodIvy League research university in Ithaca, New York. Offers a compressed work schedule — e.g. four 10-hour days instead of five 8-hour days.
University of Pennsylvania
59 · GoodPrivate Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Staff can work a compressed work week — a full week condensed into fewer, longer days.
Los Angeles County Public Works
59 · GoodOne of the largest municipal public works agencies in the US. Headquarters staff work a 4/40 compressed work week — four 10-hour days, Monday to Thursday, every Friday off.
Town of Gilbert
59 · GoodMunicipal government of Gilbert, Arizona — one of the largest incorporated towns in the US. Runs a 4/10 work week, Monday to Thursday, with hybrid flexibility for many roles.
Oregon State University
59 · GoodPublic land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon. Staff can work a compressed work week — a full week over fewer, longer days.
CyberNest
59 · GoodCustom software development company specializing in web, mobile, and cloud solutions with a 4-day work week.
Central Arizona Project
59 · GoodArizona's largest renewable-water provider. Most positions work a 4-10 compressed schedule — four 10-hour days, Fridays off — many with hybrid remote work.
City of Carson
56 · GoodMunicipal government in Los Angeles County, California. City staff work a 4/10 compressed schedule — four 10-hour days, Monday to Thursday.
City of Las Vegas
56 · GoodNevada's largest city government runs a 4/10 week — City Hall open Monday-Thursday, closed Fridays, and employees rate the 4-day week its best perk.
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
56 · GoodRegional water/wastewater agency serving ~950,000 people — "Most employees participate in a 4/10 work week", offices open Monday-Thursday.
City of Harker Heights
56 · GoodMunicipal government of Harker Heights, Texas. City Hall administrative offices run a compressed four-day, 40-hour week — Monday to Thursday.
City of Pomona
56 · GoodLA County city of 150,000 running a citywide 4/10 schedule — City Hall works Monday-Thursday and is closed every Friday.
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 60 across the 88 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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