Posted on 09/16/2009 4:50:18 AM PDT by Dallas59
The four-day week could boost employment, save energy and make us happier.
FANCY a three-day weekend - not just once in a while but week in week out? You may think your bosses would never agree to it, but the evidence suggests that employers, employees and the environment all benefit.
The four-day week comes in two flavours. One option is to switch from five 8-hour days to four 10-hour days, meaning overall hours and salaries stay the same. In August 2008, the state of Utah moved all of its employees, apart from the emergency services, to working 4/10, as it has become known. The hope was that by shutting down buildings for an extra day each week, energy bills would be slashed by up to a fifth.
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I’ve worked 3 12 hr days, 4 10 hr days, and now I work 8 9hr days, 1 8, and every other Friday off.
I love it!
I work 6 and 7 days a week for someone else, depending upon the time of year...and that’s not counting the two businesses we run from home!
I’d gladly work a 5 day week, but I don’t think it’s humanly possible, LOL!
What would Mr Union Pres__dent think about this for the Postal Service? (they can’t even decide about Saturday delivery)
Also, what would those applying for unemployment do? (with SS numbers ending in Friday Application)
does fedex close on a workday?
2 extra hours a day x 4 = 8 = normal workday electrical costs (unless you are able to receive after hours billing -which you probably won't between 5-7p.m.).
energy consumption savings of c. 13% when compared to c. 20% less time inhabited, in a building, is energy "efficient?"
"in the UK, 85% of employees have applied to join the scheme," but only 800 of 11,000 employees have been accepted. (that's c. 13.75% -but hey if it helps to save mother earth).
"Not everyone will like the idea of working longer days or taking a pay cut in exchange for a 3-day weekend,..." no shiite!
" Rex Facer at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, questioned 151 human resources directors working for large cities across the US. Where city employees had been offered flexitime or 4/10 regimes,..." a survey of 10,00 crack hoes would probably yield a similar statistical result!
"I wouldn't be surprised if we could get 50 per cent or more of the workforce working four-day weeks in the next few years." the french would be proud, of that i'm sure!
please excuse my little rant, i have had little sleep, and the sarcastic gene is kicking in overtime. :)
Now, how am I supposed to work 80 hours a week in only four days?
See thats the problem with America today. Theres too much lolligagging, too much yakkin when you oughtta be eating, sleeping, or working.
Besides that, I don’t want another weekend day. My weekends are so busy and I got so much work to do that I am completely give out by Sunday night. I can’t wait to get back to my regular sit-down job on Monday.
And I don’t buy into the idea of taking a day off work just for the hell of it and I damn-sure ain’t gonna do it to save the environment.
I take the day off (After already doing my 40 hours) for doctor appointments, errands, shopping without the kids, etc.
This isn’t a gift, I’ve already done the 40 hours - just not a traditional Mon-Fri 9-5.
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