Shape the week you are asking for.
For employees asking for flexible work. Pick a pattern, see your two weeks drawn and checked against your hours and your team’s core hours, then print a clear request with a trial plan your manager can say yes to.
Worked example: a 9/80 with Tuesday to Thursday on site
Starting from 9 am to 5:30 pm, five days on site, 25-minute commute.
- Every two weeks
- 80h
- Days worked
- 9of 10
- Commute saved, 2 weeks
- 3.33h
- On site
- Home
- Weekday off
- Team core hours
Check Counted Monday to Sunday this is 44 + 36 hours. Overtime is counted per fixed workweek, so the request asks HR how the workweek is set.
Free to build and print. Weekshape Plus $1.95/month or $19.50/year, or $1.00 for one request · Free during preview
Three steps. About five minutes.
Draw it
Your current week and the pattern you want, as two weeks of blocks: start, finish, paid hours, on site or home, days off.
Check it
Hours against now, any week over 40 hours, days over 10 hours, core hours you would miss, and commute time saved.
Ask for it
A one-page request and summary: what you want, how the work stays covered, how you stay reachable, a trial with review dates.
Six patterns, in plain words
All patterns and what to checkWhat the code checks
The questions your manager will ask, answered first.
- Hours against now. Paid hours every two weeks, and the difference in hours and per cent.
- Weeks over 40 hours. Flagged with the FLSA note on fixed workweeks, so a 9/80 is set up properly.
- Core hours. Every core day you would be away, start late or finish early, with the time to cover.
- Long days. Any day over 10 paid hours.
- Commute. On-site trips saved and the time that frees up.
- Trial dates. Start, two-weekly check-ins and the review day, worked out for you.
A request that reads like you thought it through
Weekshape writes the request from your own choices: the pattern in one sentence, the hours, the coverage plan, how you stay reachable, the measures and the trial. Nothing is made up and nothing is sent anywhere: you print it, copy it or save it as a PDF and send it yourself.
Not legal advice. Your employer’s policy and your contract decide what is possible.
Request excerpt
I would like to ask for a trial of a different work pattern, a 9/80 schedule, for 8 weeks.
What I am asking for. Week 1: Monday to Thursday, 7:30 am to 5 pm (9 paid hours); Friday, 7:30 am to 4 pm (8 paid hours). Week 2: Monday to Thursday, 7:30 am to 5 pm (9 paid hours); Friday to Sunday off. I would work at the workplace on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and from home on Monday and Friday.
Hours. That is 80 paid hours every two weeks, the same as now.
Trial and review. We could check in on…
Prices
| Feature | Free$0always | Weekshape Plus$1.95a month, or $19.50 a year (ten months) | One request$1.00once, never renews; use it within 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-week pattern drawn and checked | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Request letter and one-page summary | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Requests you can make | As many as you like, one pattern each | As many as you like | One |
| Second-choice pattern beside the first | No | Yes | Yes |
| Trial calendar file (.ics) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Printable trial check-in sheet | No | Yes | Yes |
| Kept after the last time you open it | 90 days | 365 days | 365 days |
Free during preview. Payments are not switched on yet, so nothing can be bought and nothing is charged: every Plus feature is open to everyone. When payments start, these prices apply as shown, Plus can be cancelled at any time and keeps working to the end of the paid period, and the one-request price never renews. Requests made during the preview keep their Plus parts after payments start.
Questions
Does Weekshape send anything to my employer?
No. Nothing is emailed or shared. Your request lives behind a private link only you have; you print it or copy it and send it yourself.
Do I need an account?
No account and no email address. Keep the link to your request. Anyone with the link can open or delete it, so share it only with people you trust.
Is a 9/80 or four tens legal where I work?
That depends on your employer, your contract and the law where you work. Weekshape flags weeks over 40 hours and long days so you can ask HR the right question. It is not legal advice.
What does Plus add?
A second-choice pattern beside your first, a calendar file for every day of the trial and a printable check-in sheet, and your request is kept for 365 days instead of 90. During the preview it is all free. Requests made during the preview keep their Plus parts after payments start.