Here are some companies that offer 3-day weekends/4-day workweeks if you also want to work from home.

1. Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a crowdfunding website.

Benefits:

  • A fully remote workforce with plenty of opportunities to get to know your colleagues
  • 100% employer-paid health plan offerings
  • 16 paid vacation days, 10 sick days, and a company-wide winter break between Christmas and New Years
  • 25 volunteer hours each year to give back to your community
  • 16 weeks of parental leave plus fertility/family planning resources
  • A 4-day/32-hour workweek! Kickstarter is currently experimenting with one so that we can all enjoy long weekends
  • Incredibly talented and inspiring colleagues who know how to blend their creative endeavors into their work

2. Buffer

Buffer is a software application for the web and mobile, designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts on social media.

  • Competitive salary: Our salary formula adjusts to your cost of living and experience.
  • Work remotely: Live and work wherever you like!
  • 4-Day workweeks: Our schedule is four workdays, with a flexible, meeting-free fifth day for overflow tasks or personal time as you see fit.
  • Health insurance: We offer health insurance for all of our team members, international or US.
  • Home office setup: Get a laptop + $500 to set up your home office!
  • ‘Growth mindset' fund: Extra money for learning and development.
  • Minimum vacation: At least 3 weeks/year!
  • 401(k): With 3% company match
  • Profit sharing: When the company does well, all team members share the profits!
  • Family leave: 16 weeks of family leave for all parents, fully paid.
  • Retreats: When we can, we meet in person for company get-togethers.
  • Working smarter stipend: Get some extra cash for a co-working space or a coffee shop work.
  • Free books and Kindle: Get a free Kindle and all the free books – digital, physical, and audio – you like, anytime.
  • Sabbaticals: Take a 6-week break, fully paid, after every 5 years with Buffer.

3. 10up

10up makes finely crafted websites and tools for content creators.

Benefits:

  • Multiple paid time off programs, including accrued PTO, parental leave, bereavement leave, and company holidays – including an all-company break from Christmas Eve to New Years Day.
  • Health, dental, and life insurance programs (available for United States team members).
  • Retirement contribution programs (currently available in the U.S. and U.K.).
  • Flexible and alternate schedule programs – including options for 4-day work week (Monday-Thursday) configurations.
  • $3,000 USD accrued annually in professional development budget for you to spend on conferences, training, or to buy back time for programs like independent study.
  • Global Company summits – opportunities to meet, socialize and learn with fellow 10uppers in person at remarkable destinations.
  • An end-of-year all-hands bonus program, along with smaller opportunities for recognition throughout the year.

4. Close

Close is an Inside sales communication platform of the future.

Benefits:

  • 100% remote company (we believe in trust and autonomy)
  • Choose between working 5 days/wk (standard full-time) or 4 days/wk @ 80% pay
  • Annual team retreats 
  • Quarterly virtual summits
  • 5 weeks PTO + Winter Holiday Break
  • 2 additional PTO days every year with the company
  • 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
  • Co-working stipend
  • Revenue Share (after 1 year)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents)
  • 401k matching at 6% (US residents)
  • Dependent care FSA (US residents)
  • Contributor to Stripe's climate initiative

5. Bolt

Bolt is a CheckoutOS & one-click checkout company.

Benefits:

  • Four-Day Workweek, flexible working hours, & unlimited PTO time to promote a healthy work-life balance
  • 100% paid coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees
  • Remote First location policy to allow team members to live where they choose
  • 401K program to help you invest in your future
  • Learning & Development stipend to grow your skills
  • Paid parental leave to support you and your family
  • 11 paid company holidays per year, 5 additional floating holidays, & your birthday off

6. Wildbit

Wildbit is a software company that has work-from-home jobs with lots of benefits.

Here are a few perks that come with working at Wildbit:

  • 4-day, 32-hour workweeks
  • 20 paid days off per year
  • Paid family leave
  • Quarterly profit sharing
  • Company-paid retreats
  • Flexible work hours
  • Home office allowance
  • Books and healthy habits allowance
  • Professional development allowance
  • Work from anywhere

One example of a remote job I've seen here is Customer Success/Support – Postmark (PDT).

7. Packlane

Packlane is a customer boxes and packaging company that also offers remote workers the chance to have a 4-day workweek.

Here are some of the benefits of working for Packlane:

  • Work from wherever you want
  • Flexible hours
  • Compeitive salary
  • Up to $300 per month reimbursement for your healthcare premium
  • 15 days of paid time off per year

A few work-from-home jobs I've seen here include the E-commerce Product Designer and Elixir Software Engineer positions.

8. Magellan Health

Magellan Health is a for-profit, managed healthcare company that also offers work-from-home jobs with 4-day workweeks.

Here you can sometimes find jobs that will say something like “4 day shift” while still being a full-time job.

It's unclear what their benefits are as they don't seem to be found on their website.

As far as positions with 4-day workweeks, I've seen a medical-related job as well as a customer support one with these shifts.

9. Basecamp

Basecamp is a web application development company that will actually allow you to work 4-day workweeks from home during the summer.

It is unclear, however, whether they will allow employees to start having 4-day workweeks year-round in the future.

Here are some of the benefits that Basecamp employees enjoy:

  • Top 10% salaries in the industry
  • Work where you want
  • 40 hour workweeks
  • $100/month fitness allowance
  • CSA allowance
  • Vacations and paid holidays
  • Charitable gifts matching
  • One-month sabbatical every 3 years
  • $100/month mental wellness allowance
  • Life insurance
  • $1,000/year continuing education allowance

They also have a lot more benefits as well.

10. Sephora

Sephora is a French multinational retailer of personal care and beauty products with nearly 340 brands, along with its own private label.

Here, you can sometimes find customer support-related, remote jobs that let you work 4 day workweeks with 10 hour shifts.

Here is an example of a Chat Support job they had where you could work 4-day workweeks.

Benefits:

Health

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability

Wealth

  • Pay Equity
  • On-Demand Pay (hourly employees)
  • 401k
  • FSA & HSA

Balance

  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday Pay
  • Flex Work Programs

Growth

  • My Sephora Learning
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Perks

  • Employee Discount
  • Gratis (free product!)
  • Perks Spot
  • LVMH Happening
  • Gift & Volunteer Match

Support

  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Ginger App
  • LVMH Disaster Relief & Heart Fund

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