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4 Day Working Week
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I'd love a 4 day working week but doubt I'll ever see that happen where I work.
What are your thoughts on this?
I'd love a 4 day working week but doubt I'll ever see that happen where I work.
What are your thoughts on this?
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I would be delighted if our local council increased their working week to four days!
If it works and the companies involved don't lose money or production falls, then I don't see a problem. There would be disparity for those who can't, which may lead to those jobs becoming empty if people move to a job with a four day week.
If it works and the companies involved don't lose money or production falls, then I don't see a problem. There would be disparity for those who can't, which may lead to those jobs becoming empty if people move to a job with a four day week.
//If folk are producing the same output for the same amount of pay, how would that increase inflation?//
Because they are now inactive for 20% of the working week. If they can do in four days what they used to take five to do, it hasn't driven up productivity at all. It simply demonstrates that their productivity previously was not what it should have been. It shows they were only operating at 80% capacity. What their managers should do now that they have discovered that fact is suggest that if they can now do what was previously five days' work in four days, their workload will be increased by 25% to occupy them for the fifth day of their employment.
Low productivity is a major cause of lack of growth and inflation in the UK. Rewarding staff who have been working below capacity by giving them a day off to bring them up to full speed is hardly a way to tackle the problem.
Because they are now inactive for 20% of the working week. If they can do in four days what they used to take five to do, it hasn't driven up productivity at all. It simply demonstrates that their productivity previously was not what it should have been. It shows they were only operating at 80% capacity. What their managers should do now that they have discovered that fact is suggest that if they can now do what was previously five days' work in four days, their workload will be increased by 25% to occupy them for the fifth day of their employment.
Low productivity is a major cause of lack of growth and inflation in the UK. Rewarding staff who have been working below capacity by giving them a day off to bring them up to full speed is hardly a way to tackle the problem.
the trial in microsoft japan actually saw a significant increase in productivity
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not necessarily transferrable but certainly worth investigating... i await the trial results with keen interest!
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not necessarily transferrable but certainly worth investigating... i await the trial results with keen interest!
"What their managers should do now that they have discovered that fact is suggest that if they can now do what was previously five days' work in four days, their workload will be increased by 25% to occupy them for the fifth day of their employment." your figures are a bit out there, or has my maths brain gone sideways (as it often does where fractions are concerned) :)
I do a 9DF and like it.
I do a 9DF and like it.
//...your figures are a bit out there, or has my maths brain gone sideways...//
The latter I would suggest:
100 units of work previously done in five days.
Same 100 units of work (so we're told) now done in four days.
25 units (25% of the weekly total) of work now done per day.
One day now not worked.
25 units can be done in that one day.
Workload can be increased by 25 units (25%).
//I do a 9DF and like it.//
I'm sure you do. But I imagine that is your contracted workload. I worked in a business where engineers worked a 36 hour 5 day week (7h 12m per day). But they had an agreement where they could work 72 hours over a nine day fortnight (8 hrs per day).
What's happening according to this article is that people are effectively being given a day off with no additional hours being worked on the days they do work and no loss of pay. If their overall productivity has increased following this change it suggests they were not fully productive previously and their managers could not have been on top of things.
The latter I would suggest:
100 units of work previously done in five days.
Same 100 units of work (so we're told) now done in four days.
25 units (25% of the weekly total) of work now done per day.
One day now not worked.
25 units can be done in that one day.
Workload can be increased by 25 units (25%).
//I do a 9DF and like it.//
I'm sure you do. But I imagine that is your contracted workload. I worked in a business where engineers worked a 36 hour 5 day week (7h 12m per day). But they had an agreement where they could work 72 hours over a nine day fortnight (8 hrs per day).
What's happening according to this article is that people are effectively being given a day off with no additional hours being worked on the days they do work and no loss of pay. If their overall productivity has increased following this change it suggests they were not fully productive previously and their managers could not have been on top of things.
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