Utah Becoming France?
What’s next a 35 hour work week?
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3625548
I have a sinking feeling that whole going to the DMV experience just got much worse. I guess on the bright side, friday commutes should get a little lighter.
David said,
July 1, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
In a profession where everything operates 24/7 (police work), my brother loves working four 10’s. When four 10’s means that no service is offered from the agency in question (as proposed here) I’m betting that the workers generally enjoy the change, but the patrons are likely to hate it as you have suggested above.
Rudi said,
July 1, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
I have a “sinking feeling” that you’re a moron.
What’s so bad about France, BTW, if I may ask?
Now that I think about it, Utah might do well to emulate it.
France is prety USA-friendly… until you gat to Paris.
Lyall said,
July 1, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
David,
I was referring to the part where agencies will be closed on Fridays. You’re right that four 10’s is a good work schedule and depending on the work and for staffing call centers, police duty, etc. it is a very effective mechanism. But as you said it works in a 24/7 operating environment, not in a customer service environment where your comfy schedule means the taxpayers get the short end of the stick.
Rudi,
In the future if you want to call people names, go vent on sltrib.com. We’re here to talk and discuss. Your name calling gets in the way of a reasonable question you pose in your comment.
But to answer your question, let me give you just a couple of reasons I don’t want Utah to become like France (granted they’re mostly economic in nature).
Hope that answers your question
jasonthe said,
July 2, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
What a misleading title!
I thought this post would be about the Energy Solutions/Rob Bishop importation of foreign nuclear waste.
Rudi said,
July 2, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
Just pullin’ yor chain, Lyall. Maybe it’s time for you to lighten up.
And taking your above response into account, I’ll just say this:
There’s much more to life than punchin’ a time card and rakin’ in the big bucks.
Remember… it’s the French (they’re Europen Latins, after all) who invented the term “Joie de vivre.”
Something to think about methinks, for those of us in our protestant work ethic compelled American culture.
Just a thought.
Lyall said,
July 2, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
Jason,
To match your ES reference i think the title would have had to be: Let’s keep our Italian imports to the Olive Garden
Rudi,
Sorry, I took your response at face value, but now I understand the Rudi sense of humor a bit better. Just didn’t know where you were coming from. My bad.
Totally agree that there is more to life than punching a time card, which is why I do what I do. I feel blessed that I really enjoy my work and while I could have stayed at P&G and earned the “big bucks,” working at think tank is just so much more fun and challenging.
Obi wan liberali said,
July 3, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Depending on the situation, I think that forcing government employees to four 10 hour shifts will create some serious hardships regarding daycare, after-school activities of their children, etc. I also wonder how exhausted some employees will be on that fourth day, depending on what their work duties are.
I also wonder whether the net energy savings will be significant. If a government employee rides the bus and it takes an hour to get there via the bus, and only a half hour by automobile, I would think they would be tempted to not ride the bus to shorten their day a bit. Also, I don’t know if UTA will adjust their schedules to provide more early and late bus routes to accomodate the many employees who ride the bus.
In theory, I think it is a good idea, but I think the public reaction to the Friday closure might be more severe than the guv might have considered. Time will tell.