I think employees can be a little spoiled. A four-day work week decision needs to be made on what is best for the long-term success and security of the organization and not based on who has soccer games on Thursdays. I can see where an organization who develops a schedule more for the employees than for the service of its customers could end up with more problems than they can handle. Not only do you risk the business that pays all the employees in the first place but you also risk a lot of arguments and bickering over who got the shcedule they wanted.

H.B. also has a good point about kids being a little spoiled. My three children have always been involved in activities and it seems that wehnever I am not going to one event or another, I am working like crazy to earn the money to pay for the activity (Schools here don’t sponsor band activities which typically run about $2000 per school year). Sometimes I wonder how on earth my 4 siblings and I made it in a one-income family and still managed to all take part in activites, sports music lessons…etc!

With that being said, my company has given the employees an option of working 4 10’s. Not mandatory, strictly voluntary. It is working wonderfully. I can’t imagine a company forcing a 4-10 on anyone. I would think a plan like that would be doomed from the start. Once we implemented the choice, we knew there would be employees who just weren’t interested. That is okay. We are not a manufacturing plant where we have to be open 24-7. It works just fine. We schedule 30 days in advance and if it didn’t work the previous 30 days for an employee, they have the right to opt out of the plan for the next 30 days. They can then rejoin the following calendar month. However, once they sign up at the beginning of the month, they are not allowed to drop out.

This plan has drastically cut down on PTO useage and call ins. Our payroll is much easier to process and the overall good feelings of choice has been a welcoming benefit to the employees. We do not, however, allow our upper management to participate.

What I can’t believe are people who post messages that are written so poorly. Many people might agree with your comment. However, you won’t get your point across with a poorly written comment. Read before you hit submit.

P.S. I can not believe you used this website to display your mis-informed inaccuate feelings about the war into a discussion of a 4 day work week.

Most of all this is a tangible way that employers and employees, as American citizens can support our service men and women. If we reduce our dependency on oil we have less of a need to send soldiers to war.

And oh, yes, if the demand for oil goes down then the price of oil should go down.

So, 4 ten hour day work weeks can be a benefit or sacrifice, depending on your perspective. If it isn’t a benefit for you to save $ and time, you can see it as a contribution to the effort to end the war in Iraq. Another way to look at it is 4 day work weeks is as a win win because it benefits me, the employee, who needs to save some money and it’s a tangible way for me to support the troops.