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BUT THEN I ALSO THINK A HUMAN BEING SHOULD ANSWER A GOVERNMENT OFFICE TELEPHONE INSTEAD OF A MACHINE. SOME FOLKS WHETHER ELDERLY OR CHALLENGED IN SOME WAY ARE INTIMIDATED BY AUTO SYSTEMS. SORRY I'M JUST OLD SCHOOL. THANK YOU.
I have worked 4-10's for 10 years now and enjoy it and occasionally 5 or 6 10's. I have enjoyed it as being a nice benefit due to the flexibility. I have several people working for me and previously had several different work schedules preferred and allowed for them to get their work done. My group does work that does not interact with the public everyday and thus it worked well and even then we still had 5 days and about 12 hours a day covered if needed do to the flexible schedules. This last winter when we had to finish a project on a Friday the office was about 50 so all the inefficient space heaters were plugged in along with wearing coats to get the work done.
I would rather work 5 days with flexibility to get a master's degree at night than work 4 10's and being stuck in that same position with the only pay increase a cost of living because I could not qualify for a better position.
An earlier comment said, "more energy could be saved if certain employees were told to stay home on Fridays." Even if you could somehow make me stay home from work on Fridays, you can't make me stay home period. It's not like I can change the theremostat when I go in for a few hours on Fridays anyway.
The whole program was poorly implemented and barely justified. Who knows but that it'll cost more to change back to a 5-day workweek. Bottom line is there are no noticeable benefits to the 4-day workweek to taxpayers or to many state employees, and it's beginning to show.
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