Companies Offering Half Day Fridays
Browse 53+ companies offering Half Day Fridays—fewer hours each week and a better work-life balance. 338+ open roles.
- Companies
- 53
- Average hours a week
- 36.4
- Average vacation days
- 27
- Average work-life score
- 74/100
53 companies
Schedules are researched from public sources. Where we found the company’s own page, it is linked as the source.
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How a half day fridays works
Half-day Friday
Best for: people who want to ease into the weekend.
- Friday afternoons are off — typically half-day from noon
- Total weekly hours land around 36
- Common at agencies and consultancies where Fridays are quieter
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 74 across the 53 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 employers and the schedule policies they publish, researched from public sources — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, flexible hours, generous leave and more. This page refreshes daily. Read our editorial standards. Know one we're missing? Suggest a company.
Last reviewed: October 30, 2026
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- 4 Day Week Companies in the United Kingdom343 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in the United States207 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in Canada37 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in Germany30 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in Australia22 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in France17 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in the Netherlands14 companies
- 4 Day Week Companies in Spain13 companies
Frequently asked questions
How many companies offer a half day fridays schedule?
We list 53 companies offering a half day fridays arrangement. Hours are reduced relative to a standard 5-day week; whether pay follows is each employer's call, so each company profile states its pay basis. Prominent employers include Albert, Auror, and Bloom. Browse the list above for company profiles and current open positions.
What's the typical pattern for a half day fridays arrangement?
The specifics vary by company. Some employers fix the non-working day, others rotate it; some define the half day fridays schedule week-by-week, others operate on a longer cycle. Pay is each employer's call, so each company profile shows the exact version they operate and its pay basis.
Which industries most commonly adopt a half day fridays schedule?
Technology, consulting, and professional services dominate adoption of the half day fridays pattern. Engineering-heavy and knowledge-work roles are the most common, though an increasing number of design, marketing, and product-focused organisations appear in the listings. Click through to individual company pages for industry-specific context on how the schedule operates in practice.
How do vacation policies compare at half day fridays employers?
Companies offering a half day fridays average about 27 days of annual leave. Individual company profiles detail the exact PTO policy. Some employers combine the schedule with unlimited or generous PTO policies; others stick to standard allowances. Leave is separate from the schedule itself.
Is salary lower at companies offering a half day fridays?
It depends on the employer. A half day fridays arrangement reduces hours, but whether pay follows is each employer's call, so each company profile states its pay basis where it is published.