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 TameAntelope on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:25AM (#31863650)

I hope they land on Mondays off, rather than Fridays. For us 5 day rubes, getting stuff done on Friday IMO helps keep our weekends less worrisome, and jobs under city council purview would be (I imagine) rare but important interactions for the average citizen.

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by chiefalchemist on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:06PM (#31864495)

My 4 day WW dream is 4 day weekends (Fri + Mon) off, alternating with a standard 2 day weekend.

But to your point, a 4DWW does have to mean any give office is open only 4 days. It, at least in theory, only means less ppl available on any given day. That said, I'd prefer to see more stores and services - gov or not - open later on Thur so I can get done what needs to get done with adding friction to a day off.

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by sitkack on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:50PM (#31865471)

I like that plan.

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by TaylorAlexander on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:37AM (#31863875)

I take Tuesdays off. It’s nice to come in Monday after the weekend and sort some things out, then have Tuesday off, then have three days together. Sometimes I switch it but four days together is a lot when you’re not used to it!

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by tshaddox on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:29PM (#31865031)

The downside of that is that you don’t get longer weekends for traveling.

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by TaylorAlexander on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:48PM (#31867564)

Well, this is not a downside for me as I never travel, and my schedule is fluid (I basically work alone) so in the rare event I travel, I can just shift the day off to Monday. Or just take Monday off, keep my normal Tuesday off, and have a nice loooong weekend.

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Re:Glasgow council four-day week on full pay moves closer af... by intersting8 on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:04PM (#31864442)

That you need the routine and language to line up still is interesting to me.

Would not Thursday just come to “feel” like Friday?

That feeling MUST come on the day called Friday, though.

There’s a nascent religious movement here if you want it enough. “Fellowship to keep Friday feeling like Friday”

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