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    Public sector one step closer to four-day working week after ‘positive’ trial
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    Public sector one step closer to four-day working week after ‘positive’ trial

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    1. Professional-Pin147 on

      The emergency services will be thrilled to finally have some improvement to their working conditions.

    2. FelisCantabrigiensis on

      It’s working very well in Cambridgeshire. Planning approvals are faster, and rubbish collection is just as good as before with the added bonus of far fewer schedule changes on weeks with bank holidays (the rubbish collectors work Tue-Fri days, a bit longer days than the previous working days on 5 days of the week).

    3. WestVermicelli5697 on

      In the civil service you maybe have 2 days of work. So spreading it over 4 days instead of 5 is no problem. Still got 2 days to pretend to do work. From my experience anyway and I’ve worked in 4 different departments at this point.

    4. Deadliftdeadlife on

      I genuinely hope this works for whatever sector it can

      However unlike most of Reddit I’m a realist and know it won’t.

      If I can retrain for a position it will work in, I will

    5. Competitive_Golf8206 on

      Looking forward for the divide between haves and have not jobs to further widen 

    7. Tricksilver89 on

      This is only going to work as long as all required days are covered regardless. So either this is going to end up costing more because of staff overtime, or through hiring more staff.

      I switched to 4 day weeks in the private sector, however we had to increase the working time on each day to make up the shortfall. So we still worked the same hours, just compressed.

      I note this is a 32 hour working week on the same pay, which is a significant pay rise for all intents and purposes. Of course the staff are going to be in favour of it.

    8. rapidrubberdinghy on

      This is good news. Public sector wages have been suppressed for years, and councils struggle with staff retention. A 4 day week balances things without cost to the public (assuming services can be maintained), and will help attract people to the sector.

    9. Weird-Statistician on

      Oh hang on, I I thought they were just going to hit 10 hour days to get an extra day off, but no. Literally a day off for no loss in pay or holidays. I’m sorry, but If you can do a job in 4 days that previously took 5, you have been slacking off for a day. Cue the downvotes, but public services in this country are generally poor and cost the taxpayer a fortune. They’ll be striking over having to do overtime or go back to 5 days within a year, mark my words.

    10. BeardMonk1 on

      In most desk based roles in the CS, both a high level of hybrid and home/remote working has been shown on almost every level to be a positive. Dont get me wrong **there are many roles that cannot be done remotely or need you to be “in an office”** whether that be a CS office or another orgnisation. But a large percentage of us are just sat at a desk on MS teams all day.

      Its almost like the CS has a massive range of roles from the incredibly sensitive, to the mundane to the public facing to the back office. What’s needed is a role by role based approach not the sledgehammer approaches we have across departments now.

      Sensible and well implemented remote working saves the taxpayer a lot of money, improves staff effectiveness and moral, leading to better work.

    11. Jensen1994 on

      Wtf. So the rest of us in the private sector work our asses off and the services we pay through the fucking nose for are reduced because of a 4 day week? Fk off.

    12. GoonerGetGot on

      The only thing the public sector I know are closer to is a full return to office policy. No chance they’re doing this 

    14. griffaliff on

      I’m an arborist in the public sector, I don’t see my local authority reducing our jobs to four days a week any time soon although I would welcome it for sure.

    15. BronnOP on

      This would be huge. The public sector is losing talent left and right due to real terms wage cuts and extremely low bonuses. A 4 day work week would really even this out.