Soldato
A happier workforce is a more productive workforce. Who knew.
Greece - 6 day working week
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Caporegime
Productivity has skyrocketed here since they cut back on hours (finish early on Fridays if you hit your performance targets) and brought people's salaries in line with what the competition was offering.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
Greece introduces ‘growth-oriented’ six-day working week
Pro-business government says measure is needed due to shrinking population and shortage of skilled workerswww.theguardian.com
Because people are emigrating and we're in trouble.. (correct) we are going to introduce a 6 day working week for private companies as an option for the company. (incorrect solution).
Expect this to backfire!
In rhodes, the hotel staff were saying they get one day off a month during the season, then no work for the remainder of the year!
Shops open dawn till dusk.
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3 shifts a week and no overtime is plenty for me thanks.
Pretty sure I've only done about 4/5 extra shifts in 20 years.
Pretty sure I've only done about 4/5 extra shifts in 20 years.
Soldato
Every company has to offer flexible working and they have to have a very strong business reason to reject it. Have a chat with your line manager. That's what I did and while I didn't expect it would be rejected it was also a lot smoother then I thought it was gonna be. Chat with my LM, then with our local director, email to HR and all sorted in couple of weeks.
Flexible working
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
As I said earlier, on average I only do 1.5hrs less per week and I'm a lot happier. Not gonna lie sometimes the short week gets stressful but it's worth it overall.
It says the company only has to have a good business reason to refuse a request, not a very strong reason.Every company has to offer flexible working and they have to have a very strong business reason to reject it. Have a chat with your line manager. That's what I did and while I didn't expect it would be rejected it was also a lot smoother then I thought it was gonna be. Chat with my LM, then with our local director, email to HR and all sorted in couple of weeks.
Flexible working
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.www.gov.uk
As I said earlier, on average I only do 1.5hrs less per week and I'm a lot happier. Not gonna lie sometimes the short week gets stressful but it's worth it overall.
"An employer can refuse an application if they have a good business reason for doing so."
Can you afford the cut to your pension by dropping your salary by 20% and the further effective pay cut by upping your AVCs to compensate?
As has been mentioned your company has to offer flexible working, and if they turn you down it has to be for a genuine reason. Once you've got their reasoning then you are further able to discuss this and potentially come to a workable solution.
I work 'compressed hours' so do 10 days of work in 9, and get every other Friday off. No change to salary or pension, and if my Fridays fall on a statuary holiday it's added to my normal allocation. I've lost 3.5days holiday but gained 26.
Soldato
I can't imagine many companies refusing the application, especially if you condense your hours or still work near enough the same hours (my case). if you say you only want to go down to 1 day a week then sure it will be a lot easier for them to refuse.
Caporegime
I am surprised more companies do not ditch the Monday to Friday and increase work hours but have more days off. Since 2016 I have worked 12 hour shifts but only work 7 days in 14. With holidays you are working less than half the year whilst still doing 40 hours a week.
Reduces commuting costs and if more people did it the roads would be less clogged. I also get to take my kids to school which would never happen on Monday to Friday and also gives me 6 hours to do what I want.
I am sure companies that do not need to operate 7 days a week you could even do 3 days of 12 hours taking you to 36 hours.
Reduces commuting costs and if more people did it the roads would be less clogged. I also get to take my kids to school which would never happen on Monday to Friday and also gives me 6 hours to do what I want.
I am sure companies that do not need to operate 7 days a week you could even do 3 days of 12 hours taking you to 36 hours.
They can easily give a token justification for any of those reasons.
I think it's pretty clear in most companies whether that kind of request would be frowned upon culturally or not. If it would be frowned upon and you want to progress in the company, it would be suicide to push for it. If you are happy with your position as is and just want to coast, have at it!
Soldato
Lot of people in this thread who spend 10 hours a week on this forum complaining about stuff including work life balance
Soldato
I'm sure if they could they would make you work till you drop
Soldato
At amazon as you pass 40 hours your hourly rate goes up, then past 50 it goes up again. Past 50 i think its 20-22£ per hour for a warehouse worker.
Soldato
Doing a physical job six shifts a week is brutal, I don't know how some of my old postie colleagues managed it, doing an extra day almost every week.
Three shifts per week were bad enough as I got older and it got harder to head out for approx 3 hour rides on days off (especially on first day off after a shift day and after shifts), before long covid came along.
Three shifts per week were bad enough as I got older and it got harder to head out for approx 3 hour rides on days off (especially on first day off after a shift day and after shifts), before long covid came along.
Farage is that you?
Does it go up for all your hours or just those you worked passed the 40/50 hour thresholds?
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We should be going the other way, to a 4 day week. The elites will happily see you worked into the ground of course.
See that's the thing some people are hopelessly naive about, that concern about immigration is confined to say supporters of the Reform party/Farage etc.. when in reality it's a big issue for Labour and the Tories.
This is what I did, wanted a better work life balance, fortunately I'm at the stage in life where I can afford it and time is more important than money for me