Dear All
Changing 6 days to 5 days working pattern becomes common nowadays. How we are managing 48 hours in 5 days whether you are proposing 9 hrs / day or 8 hrs / day. If so 3 hours / week how do the company manage. Whether the productivity affects on this or not need to check. Even if agree for forgoing 3 hours/ week, swapping to 6 days at the future times will be difficult which you have to judge. After recession in 2008 all the manufacturing companies offer employees holidays on saturdays for axing the overhead cost / welfare cost. You have to keep in mind that absenteeism during Fridays / Monday will be more than current condition if 5days working followed. In my opinion if the distance from employees house to working location is more than 40-50 Kms or duration of journey is more than 45 minutes then the 5 days working will be most suitable option for both employee & employer perspective. Having addition one hour working due to 9 hrs working pattern will definitely helps if you adjust your working start timing and end timing suiting less traffic conditions.
Hope you consider the above to decide.
best regards
RAGHU
Changing 6 days to 5 days working pattern becomes common nowadays. How we are managing 48 hours in 5 days whether you are proposing 9 hrs / day or 8 hrs / day. If so 3 hours / week how do the company manage. Whether the productivity affects on this or not need to check. Even if agree for forgoing 3 hours/ week, swapping to 6 days at the future times will be difficult which you have to judge. After recession in 2008 all the manufacturing companies offer employees holidays on saturdays for axing the overhead cost / welfare cost. You have to keep in mind that absenteeism during Fridays / Monday will be more than current condition if 5days working followed. In my opinion if the distance from employees house to working location is more than 40-50 Kms or duration of journey is more than 45 minutes then the 5 days working will be most suitable option for both employee & employer perspective. Having addition one hour working due to 9 hrs working pattern will definitely helps if you adjust your working start timing and end timing suiting less traffic conditions.
Hope you consider the above to decide.
best regards
RAGHU