Of course you're entitled to a better life, a great life. The "absurd" part comes from the expectation that an employer is just going to wake up one day and decide you don't need to come in on Fridays (or whatever 5th day is). Perhaps you can arrange a 4x10 schedule or, as I stated, take a pay cut -- that's great if it works for you and for the employer (or maybe you don't have an employer). But the OP was seeking a "free lunch" -- less work with no reduction in pay. Further, the OP's expectation of how the 5th day would be spent is, in fact, absurd. Americans already have a lot of free time, and most of it is spent watching television: https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2019/19_0017.htm, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/heres-how-americans-spe...