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Katie Rakusen

Katie Rakusen

Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Merit America, specializing in equitable hiring and scaling talent teams

Jul 29, 2026

8:57
So I want to know if you can share how it is realized and protected in the org.
9:03
Yeah, and that is one of the most common questions we get from candidates.
9:07
They're like, so is it like four 10-hour days? What does it actually look like? And the organization made the decision to move towards a four-day work week a couple of months before I joined.
9:17
And so I can't necessarily speak to how we came up with that decision, but I can tell you what it looks like, what it feels like.
9:22
So we are also fully remote, right? And we run the four-day week.
9:26
And for most people, that's Monday through Thursday, with Friday treated like a weekend day.
9:32
And now some folks do work a different set of four days, like Tuesday through Friday, depending on their role.

7 MINS LATER

17:02
people too.

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