bev2 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 my partner works 7 days a week . he works every hour god sends and he loves it , we have a new car ,nice house our own caravan anything we want , but i make him take a few weekends off to enjoy them other wise theres no point , he does this under protest , he's just a workaholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I've worked 3 days a week for 15 years, I'd never go back to 5 days, I'd rather scrape along unemployed. 5 days a week is institutionalisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 A few of us work seven days a week. The reason? Because nobody’s thought of eight! except perhaps the Beatles:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayfish Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Should try a PhD. You can split up your 84 hours a week more or less as you want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftlad Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Do you ever wonder why it is that – in the average full time job – we work five days a week and only get two days off? Who decided this, and why do we continue to do so? I was pondering this at the weekend; where I work it’s a 35 hour week, which consists of 5 x 7 hour days. Personally I’d prefer to work 4 x 8.75 hour days and have 3 days a week off, but when I mention it to bosses, they just mutter about there being inadequate cover and if they let me do it, they’d have to offer a 4 day week to everyone. I don’t see this as a valid argument, as I suspect most people are quite happy with their 5 day week and shorter daily hours, and so long as I was flexible as to which days I had off, I don’t see a problem. I have also argued that, as I spend 2 hours a day commuting, only doing it for four days instead of five would make me less tired and more productive at work. Yes, I know we can all count ourselves lucky when only a few decades back everyone worked 6 days a week dahn t’pit or at t’mill, but why are many companies still inflexible when it comes to differing work patterns? I think it would be a better idea to work two days a week and have five days off, but stay on the five days a week workin wage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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