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A comment on Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer after study agreed.

Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by smcl on Friday June 24, 2022 @10:46AM (#31862855)
This is pretty great, but I hope they use it to investigate whether it makes workers 20% more productive rather than as a way to possibly justify eliminating 20% of their staff. The only real news I've seen relating to Glasgow City Council recently [0] suggests they're relatively progressive so hopefully it's the former.

[0] - https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20183796.queens-jubilee-...

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by simonh on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:48AM (#31864090)
This is explained in the article. The intent is to evaluate 100:80:100, which is 100% pay for 80% of the hours in return for a commitment to maintain 100% productivity.
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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by IshKebab on Saturday June 25, 2022 @09:38AM (#31875212)
That seems pretty unlikely to happen. I guess they can actually measure productivity for some council activities (e.g. rate of processing planning applications) so we should get some interesting data.

I wonder how they hope to avoid the "guys if we all work really hard for this short study we get Fridays off forever!" effect.

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by smabie on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:22PM (#31867091)
Though of course since it's the government commitment to 100% of previous productivity probably not that difficult even with a 2 day work week..
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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by brigandish on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:37AM (#31863877)
Imagine if they did both and cut taxes, thus leaving people with more money to spend on things that create jobs…
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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by checkurprivlege on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:44AM (#31864002)
government entities only have deficit

if they have any spare funds, they will find a way to spend them

it's wonderful to not be bound by the profitability rigidities

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