A company I used to work for switched to 4-day weeks for a time and everyone was much happier, especially those with children or other caring responsibilities. Productivity was the same or better.
But, predictably, they later did a U-turn and forced everyone back to 5-day weeks. The justification given was ‘some’ people weren’t always taking the extra day off. No figures given, no additional info.
I, and everyone else, strongly suspected it was just the C-suite not liking the idea of people getting the same pay for one day less. Purely ideological.
My boss give us shit if we call off for being sick. It’s such a toxic environment and I hate it
I was the exact opposite kind of boss and got great results.
“I don’t care why I care how often”
At least I would get advanced notice when people weren’t afraid to call me.
Also when I called around to fill shifts I wouldn’t guilt trip people “can you cover for bill? No? Okay thanks for answering “
The other bosses would call me to call their employees because they would answer me. One of my favorites was calling another boss and saying “Claire’s going to come in”. “What? She told me she couldn’t make it!!!”
“If I were you I wouldn’t mention that when she comes in. Just be happy the shift is filled”
Respect goes both ways at work. I got more work out of my team than anybody because I had their back as much as they had mine.
Literally toxic if everyone has to show up sick
I am immunocompromised and started wfh full time because everyone was coming in sick. I sacrificed advancing my career here so I wouldn’t get sick all the time. Full time wfh folks don’t get to advance and get demoted to the lowest position in the company. I was already at the lowest position so I had nothing to lose.
Yes, I’m looking for a new job already. The market is abysmal right now, so I don’t see me getting out of this job any time soon.
Good luck with the job hunt, and even more with staying healthy
Thank you!
I had a disciplinary for calling in sick, the most recent time I was “nearly dying” from the flu.
Ive got it in writing somewhere from the meeting report “I had the flu the other week and still made it in, just take 2 paracetamol and get on with it” and “the flu isnt contagious so you didnt have to worry about infecting other staff”
Next time that piece of paper surfaces im getting it framed.
Next time come into office and cough all over your boss and their desk.
I wfh full time so I don’t get sick from my coworkers coming in ill. I’m immunocompromised, so if I get sick enough, I could just die. The whole company, except me, has been dealing with covid for the past two weeks. Last time I had covid, I was almost hospitalized, and that was before I was put on immunosuppressants. I could very well die from covid now
The new Oklahoma Superintendent first goal was to cut off late start that students have been enjoying for fucking years. Asshole said that it was limiting their learning.
I didn’t think anyone could be worse then Ryan Walter’s but they found a way.
Unfortunately they turned schools into glorified daycares so they always say it “endanger” students to let them off early or get to school after parents go to work.
Maybe sync school and work schedules? Why does this sound so crazy? It’s hugely disruptive that these schedules are different.
A lot of GOP politicians are trying to get kids back to work and out of school, so I guess they’re technically doing their part.
If they weren’t so fucking
stupidevil they could make a lot more money.
here they staggered all the school start times so parents with lots of kids can spend their entire day dropping off and picking up kids. we’d just have them walk or bike (and i’m fine biking there, there’s a bike lane), but some idiot decided to build these schools on their own little complex a mile down the highway (speed limit: 65mph/105kph)
Because you can’t sync all work schedules. It would create crazy traffic, even more than it is now.
That and a lot of jobs in the service sector would mean you can’t go shopping after work, can’t bring your car to the garage, or even get medical care at the hospital.
Schedules should be staggered instead.
You can’t sync all work schedules but you can match the mode.
Not sure why you think taking kids to school separately and then driving to work is less traffic?
Jobs could still be open later but maybe those jobs would be less attractive to people with kids.
It wouldn’t be a world halting event. It would just mean less traffic, less money spent on childcare, and less stress for families.
France does something somewhat close to this / at least makes an effort to minimize the wide gap between work and school start and end times.
Highschools get out first in a lot of the country to allow older students to go to afterschool jobs, participate in afterschool sports, or to be home when the younger kids return home. If every student and worker was on the same schedule you would have scenarios where sports wouldn’t get out until very late and younger kids could be at home alone.
around here highschool is shifted to later start and end and there isn’t any chaos. but they also have access to transportation and parent can leave them homs alone legally.
the real issuse is k-5. my kids start at 730 and are done at 2. That means i have to leave work at 1. literally half a day of work and then i have to leave. i don’t get paid enough to do child care so i have to work from home with kids and have a gap mid day due to commute.
At my last job HR announced that they had found studies showing increased productivity and employee satisfaction when people had one 3-day weekend a month. From there on we were given a choice of any Monday or Friday off, but we had to take one.
My friend: “Yeah, that’s fucked up not paying you.”
“It’s PTO.”
“That’s fucked forcing you to use your PTO.”
“It’s on top of our PTO. We get an extra 12-days a year now.”
I’m sure someone will find a cynical take on this story.
Lemmy: CaPitALisM!
Gosh! I left out a really important part! That business wasn’t part of a monopoly or cartel. Well, ironically, we did have a basic monopoly, no one else did what we did, but we weren’t a subsidiary of a megacorp, if you get my drift.
LOL, two years in a row our CEO told the board we would lose money on purpose to build our people and products. They applauded him. We fucked around and made a profit anyway. Got FAT Christmas bonuses!
If you think that’s a one-off company, you should hear how Quik Trip stores operate. Imagine people dedicating a career to working in a convenience store. That’s another story. (And an amazing one.)
Work hard, get experience, stack resume, move on until you land at a solid employer.
When my two friends and I moved to NW Florida, we knew no one, had no family. One guy started at an oil change place, way below his skill set and experience. Kept quitting and moving to better jobs. Within a decade he was the top service manager for the top car dealer in the area, clocking 6 digits, treated with utmost respect, seat at the table.
Definitely students need more sleep, right through to university. According to this study humans are still adolescent from 9 till 32. Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime Want to protect human potential ? That would be a good starting point. It’s sensible even from a purely utilitarian profit focused view of study and work.
Shoot, I’m definitely still a child, and I’m in my 40s! I definitely need more sleep than I’m allowed.
Rich ppl only care about their own potential.
THEY are terrified of what the masses would do if we had any free time.
Funny way to spell exploitation
Unironically. Watch what happens when unemployment gets over 6%. Occupy in 2008. BLM in 2014. J6 in 2021.
Left, right, and center, shit pops off when work drops off.
When I finished school and had my Bachelors, the only thing I thought was, “Glad I am done with that bullshit.”
I was lucky to do college debt free by going back years later and having a nest egg from years of working to pay off my costs, but so many kids go at 17 because that is what they are told to do and have debt for life from a degree that that they likely won’t use because they have never worked and don’t know where they want a career.
Now with AI taking away white collar jobs, I think it will be harder for kids to justify. Why would they put themselves through all that stress and work for no guarantee of a career?
There needs to be a correction in college attendance. Too many go and get a degree at an expensive school for a profession that has shitty wages or wide pay gaps, and poor upward mobility. Unless you’re going for a profession that needs a certification or degree, like engineer, finance, or doctor, a degree should require some serious thought. Also, for the vast majority of people, nobody cares where you got your degree after your first “real” job. Don’t go spend big bucks at a school “known” (read: we charge a lot) for whatever degree if you can find one cheaper that will do.
Because they dont want us learning
We don’t output more and aren’t as easily controlled with more free time and better schedules. Nothing I do with puritanical anything at this point. It’s just business and politicians being cruel and selfish.
The huge corporate companies don’t want the workers to do better, they want them to make the company more money.
However, there are companies that are trying to benefit their employees, customers, and community, they just tend not to pay high wages or be on the stock market, and are usually much smaller in their areas of operation.
