5/2/07-Have You Heard About the New Work Schedule?

We recently got wind of an organization in Asheville, North Carolina called the Friends of the Five Day Weekend. They are making a case that Americans should adopt a 2 day work week, and start taking some time off.

Apparently, Americans work more hours than any other industrialized nation, and 570 MILLION days of earned vacation go unused every year. That's a lot of days!

I'm not sure about Five Day Weekends, but we certainly support people working efficiently and safely and a big part of that is going home on time. If you are doing maintenance the right way, you should not be spending a lot of your time at work when you are supposed to be at home, or fishing or looking for 4 leafed clovers, or whatever you oddballs do.

What do you think it would be like if everyone worked only 2 days a week? I wonder. Of course, I have worked in a couple of places where people really did only work about 2 days a week, and got paid for 5 or more. It might not be all that different...