Dear Bodhisutra and others,
In the course of discussion on five day work week or a six-day work week, all of you have missed the vital point.
What about those employers who keep five day work week but practically many employees work as if it were a six-day work week?
Bangalore is the IT capital of India. I see a large number of IT professionals working well past midnight. Of course, they have been doing it for the last couple of years.
A five or six-day work week is not a point to moot but then what is the % of excess work that employees put up that we should consider? Who has done this study? Suppose in the five-day work week, the employee works extra for one hour every day. In that case, he works for almost half a day extra. Therefore, to consider productivity, the number of hours spent in the office should be the criteria and not the work day.
Nothing wrong with having a six-day week as such but then top bosses should make sure that work does not spill over beyond the regular working hours. Unfortunately, this happens with a six-day work week also.
Since the question is asked about productivity, then let me tell you that in France people just work for 35 hours per week. Even then also their GDP is far higher. Obviously, their per capita income is also higher.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
+91-9900155394
From India, Bangalore
7855In the course of discussion on five day work week or a six-day work week, all of you have missed the vital point.
What about those employers who keep five day work week but practically many employees work as if it were a six-day work week?
Bangalore is the IT capital of India. I see a large number of IT professionals working well past midnight. Of course, they have been doing it for the last couple of years.
A five or six-day work week is not a point to moot but then what is the % of excess work that employees put up that we should consider? Who has done this study? Suppose in the five-day work week, the employee works extra for one hour every day. In that case, he works for almost half a day extra. Therefore, to consider productivity, the number of hours spent in the office should be the criteria and not the work day.
Nothing wrong with having a six-day week as such but then top bosses should make sure that work does not spill over beyond the regular working hours. Unfortunately, this happens with a six-day work week also.
Since the question is asked about productivity, then let me tell you that in France people just work for 35 hours per week. Even then also their GDP is far higher. Obviously, their per capita income is also higher.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
+91-9900155394
From India, Bangalore
Hello everyone,
The thread has brought to the fore many interesting dimensions on five or six day working.
Perhaps the number of working hours spent in a day could make more sense.
With the advent of Laptops, I phones, I pads etc a person spends more time than what is apparent.
The other aspect is how much break a person takes in between.
Doing some personal jobs during the office hours also need to be taken into account.
Extreme cases are observed when people try to meet tough dead lines. In these cases 24x7 also
comes into picture .Here priority takes over productivity.
So any study of effectiveness should take into account the number of hours usefully spent for the purpose of work.
V.Raghunathan
From India
The thread has brought to the fore many interesting dimensions on five or six day working.
Perhaps the number of working hours spent in a day could make more sense.
With the advent of Laptops, I phones, I pads etc a person spends more time than what is apparent.
The other aspect is how much break a person takes in between.
Doing some personal jobs during the office hours also need to be taken into account.
Extreme cases are observed when people try to meet tough dead lines. In these cases 24x7 also
comes into picture .Here priority takes over productivity.
So any study of effectiveness should take into account the number of hours usefully spent for the purpose of work.
V.Raghunathan
From India
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