4-Day Workweeks

After reading the passage A Six-Hour Workday Is Plenty, I'd have to agree with Henry Ford's change, considering the fact that not only did his employee's work 11-12 hours a day, 6 days a week Henry Ford had also doubled the workers pay. Not only did it benefit Henry Ford and his employee's their company had a huge increase in productivity. I from personal experience have worked 6 days a week, 8-9 hours in sells. I would make sure customers left happy with their product, paid a good price and if they ever had an issue with their product i'd try my best to help them out any way i could whether if they wanted a refund or an exchange. During the 8-9 hours i worked my manager paid me over time. All in all I had to agree that people are more aware 4 hours after waking up. For example, when i use to work at Wendy's early morning I'd feel so lost in organizing and finding products to stock, I would'nt be as motivated as to go into work at 12 in the afternoon instead of 7am. After working for 2-3 hours i'd have to take a break to refuel my body because i was so tired from standing and taking

    Don’t you just love three day weekends? Getting more time off from school and having more time to spend with friends and family. Studies have shown that four day weeks can improve the work environment, from helping save money, to people getting better health. Although some people may say

Background and History of Four-day Workweek Schedule Before introducing the workplace issues related to the development of four-day workweek, a clear definition of this schedule is needed. According to Department of Labor (n.d.), “A workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, or seven consecutive 24-hour periods. The workweek does not have to coincide with the calendar week, but instead it may begin on any day of the week and at any hour of the day.” It might be the “four-day, 32-hour workweek – more leisure, less work” (Wernette 1), or the “three-day, 40 hour, compressed work week” that Vega

It is not recommend moving the employees from the current 24/48 schedule. The current schedule seems to balance the workload placed on the employees with the department’s functional needs. In terms of economic benefits, we find that the department would realize no major cost savings because of a schedule change.

It’s a chilly Monday morning for the students of Colby High School, all the students come in exhausted from their 3-day weekend because of all the late nights they had either binge watching their favorite shows or even just talking all night to their friends. This all happened because the

In this set of materials, the writer discusses the benefits of four-day work week for companies, the whole economy, and individuals. However, the lecturer is in disagreement with what the writer states.

The passage argues that many employees prefer to work a four-day per week and it brings benefits to the economy , the company and the employees themselves. In contrast , the lecture holds the opposite opinion. Firstly, the passage says that working for four days will increase company profits. However, the

Six-hour workdays? Is this a joke..? If workers only worked six-hours a day they would be losing about a quarter of their pay. How would they be able to pay their bills every month? They wouldn't. Six-hour work days will never workout the way supporters of shorter workdays claim.

To makes matters worse, the companies are more likely to offer a promotion to a 5 days a week employee than a 4 day a week employee because the first one is more valuable to the company than the

The article states that the four day work with eighty percent salary is a good scheme for employee and the company and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that this is a bad idea and refutes each of the author’s reasons with explanation.

The Impact is Real Some parents may attempt to argue about how a four day school week will not allow their children to get all of the educational time needed in only four short school days because they believe that you need to go five days a week in order to be successful. Recent studies have shown that children that go to school four days a week have improved significantly after the switch. Also, A Three day weekend sounds ideal for families to bond and to have a break from all of the worries of work and school.last but not least fulling,heating,and many other expenses make going four days a week a substantial

I believe that working six hours a day is not the way to go. I can place my opinion in this by personal experience, the fact that is said in passage 1, and passage 2, or why longer days are better over shoter days and why passage

If we moved to a 6 hour work day from an 8 hour work day companys would face many issues. They would have to determine if they are still about to cover the employees for health insurance, would wages stay the same, and would they reqiure more workers to do

Drawbacks to employers While there are upsides to employers offing a four day work schedule there are also draw backs that many employers face as well. Many employees use their extra day off every week to work a second job. Often times when this happens the employee returns to work more tired and run down then they would if they were working a standard five day work schedule Thank God it’s Thursday? 74). Returning to work being more run down will cause a decrease in productivity. It has also been found that a large number of people who do work a four day work week report being more tired and fatigued throughout the day and tend to become more distracted than do employees who work a more traditional schedule (Bird 1067). This increased tiredness and fatigue will ultimately lead to a decrease in production.

The question has been asked,"Should we consider a workday in the United States to be six hours long rather than the current standard eight hours?" It is my opinion that it should remain at the standard eight hours.