The Financial Times is making news with a cost-cutting scheme that will give its workers the option to work three days during the summer. While I wish there was a green motivation behind it (though there are bound to be eco-friendly effects), it looks like the news organization is trying to weather the crappy economy.

Guardian News reports:

The Financial Times is cutting staffing costs by offering employees the chance to work fewer hours over summer, including a three-day working week option.

The FT has launched the "global voluntary scheme" offering staff flexible working options as part of a plan to help ride out the worst of the media downturn.

Options include working a three- or four-day week between June and August, an option to buy an additional seven days leave and to extend annual leave at 30% pay with a minimum booking period of two weeks.

I maintain that a 4-day workweek is the sweet spot.