Is finishing early on a Friday an outdated perk?
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manufacturing company 0800 - 1630 with 30mins for lunch, then 0800-1300 on friday with no break
first place where the office work same hours as shop floor.
Really wierd, came from working 0800-1700 (but usually staying to 1800-1830) so it's like a holiday camp.
Deserted out of hours too, most senior manager lives miles away so leaves on time... so the rest of the staff do too. needless to say it's reflected throuh the company and the pace is slow!
Boss doesnt tur up to meetings, or is at least always late... so everyone else is too. Not sure I like it.
first place where the office work same hours as shop floor.
Really wierd, came from working 0800-1700 (but usually staying to 1800-1830) so it's like a holiday camp.
Deserted out of hours too, most senior manager lives miles away so leaves on time... so the rest of the staff do too. needless to say it's reflected throuh the company and the pace is slow!
Boss doesnt tur up to meetings, or is at least always late... so everyone else is too. Not sure I like it.
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
RedWhiteMonkey said:
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
Yes - but we had it tough ..... RedWhiteMonkey said:
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
Yes but try telling that to kids these days. They don't know they're born.I started a new job in manufacturing about 7 months ago. The office shuts at 1.30pm on a Friday and my official hours are 37.5 per week although I almost always work more than this. I really appreciate the early finish on a Friday as my previous job involved around 60 hours a week over 5.5 days.
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