Slashdot Mirror
How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out?
cellocgw writes "My company is in the process of implementing a version of '9/80,' a work schedule that squeezes 80 hours' labor time into 9 business days and provides every other Friday off. I was wondering how this has been implemented in other companies, and how it's worked out for other Slashdot readers. Is your system flexible? Do you find time to get personal stuff done during the week? Is Friday good for anything other than catching up on lost sleep? And perhaps most important, do your managers respect the off-Fridays, or do they pull people in on a regular basis to handle 'crises?'"
What is this "40 hour week" thing you speak of?
Industry standard in my industry (visual effects) is 5 ten-hour days. I guess that's a "10/100"? I would give my left nut for every other friday off.
I am curious, though - for folks who do work 8 hour days (and don't have families or whatever) - does the extra two hours at night make that much of a difference? I imagine I'd be just as defeated, and blow the surplus watching t.v., rather than writing a novel, inventing the Finglonger, or building a robot that would win me the love of Milla Jovovich.
If the name "Clarus" means nothing to you
Actually Clarus didn't mean much to me until a visit to Wikipedia. Maybe you meant Claris?
(from Back to the Future 2 iirc, "You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong"
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.