Last night on the news they reported a couple of cities where they are switching their civil servants to the 4-day work week (not just for summer) to money. I searched on google news and found a bunch of stories of different communities doing the same thing.
We start 4 10-hour days next week. I'm still the only employee who's not thrilled about it, because I don't want to get up earlier and I don't like having my evenings truncated.
But I keep trying to think of it as an opportunity to get extra rest on the 3-day weekends. Assuming I survive to the weekends.
Monday is when we start it. (My "shift" is 8:15-6:15. We are allowed to work 10 hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and I'm surprised at how many of my co-workers are choosing to work 7-5. Jesus.)
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What I resent is that, unlike other places that are doing the 4-day 10-hour thing, we aren't being given an *option* (for instance, some businesses will be open all 5 days, and then employees can do the 4-day thing if they choose, or they can continue the 5-day week) -- we were simply told that the entire company is doing this, no option. Our only "option" was what 10-hour shift we wanted to work.
Huh. I wouldn't have expected your boss to be that flexible about when people actually work their hours, Teppy.
I never had my taxes taken out of my unemployement because I always considered it an arts grant and took the full amount and usually six months off. So my income went down and I didn't owe anything.
Heh. That SO would not fly in my state.
They will SO TOTALLY AUDIT YOU at the drop of a hat.
Someone actually reads the paper edition of The Observer?
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Our only "option" was what 10-hour shift we wanted to work.
That... sucks. And what if you were a person who already finds it difficult to work an 8-hour day?
no one is allowed to flush any of the heads when someone is in the shower.
Hell, that describes every house I lived in on land until I was in my teens.
I never had my taxes taken out of my unemployement because I always considered it an arts grant and took the full amount and usually six months off. So my income went down and I didn't owe anything.
Heh. That SO would not fly in my state.
Yeah, the state of MN wouldn't allow that to happen either - everything gets reported.
Damn--it just turned a very dark grey outside. And me with my umbrella in the damn car!
