How would you feel about a four day work week?

Even though the days would be longer, you could almost always have a long weekend.

A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests most Canadians would prefer to work a 4-day week.

The study finds that close to 70% of Canadians say they would prefer to work four 10-hour shifts, instead of working five 8-hour shifts per week.

Experts say there are pros and cons.

Reggie Caverson is the Executive Director at Workforce Planning, a not-for-profit organization located in Sudbury.

"There are places that already are working longer hours so that they can take longer periods when they are taking their time off. You really have to look at the implications of health and safety. Is that a good thing to always try and crunch a lot more time into these short number of days?" said Caverson.

Sidney Shabyro is a Cambrian College professor.

"It really depends on the specific workplace. Like, in a factory, it might make sense to have a day the machines are shut down, but on the other hand, workers could get involved in dangerous situations, if they start getting fatigued at the end of the day." said Shabyro.

It seems as though people of all ages would prefer to have longer days, in order to have three days off.

CTV News asked some people what they would prefer and this is what they said:

"If I am going to go all the way out to the valley each day for work, it would be better to spend more time there working, and then have that extra day off to recover and then enjoy my weekend."

"I know my dad works 10-hour days and gets every Friday off, and I think that would be really awesome."

"I would have more time on the weekend to just live life, do things that I need to do, Work is just work after all right?"

"I think it would allow to have more family time, by having an extra day off you would accomplish more away from work, and with more time spent in the office, it would allow you to accomplish more in that aspect as well."  

Even though this idea has been proposed for many years, it seems to have never fully taken off, although 25% more people like the idea now, than when a similar survey went around in 1981.