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Frequently Asked
Questions about Compressed Workweeks
NOTE: Many
team members will have more than one manager overseeing their work.
For these FAQs, we are using the term managers to
suggest than an issue with a team member may involve one, two or
more managers. Team members will also be accountable to their team
and HR Director.
If
exempt team members are already working five 10-hour days per week,
why should we allow a four-day compressed work schedule and lose
productivity?
Productivity should not be allowed to drop. Exempt team members need to understand that they are being paid
to get a job done, not put in a certain number of hours. For example, if a team member is already working 50 or more
hours per week, it would be more difficult to compress that
amount of time into four days than it would be to compress 40
hours into four days. Having
a compressed work schedule could help team members and managers
look more carefully at the work that needs to be done to see if
some aspects could be done more efficiently.
I'm
a manager and feel I need five day coverage. How can I allow team members to work compressed work schedules?
It
might mean combining compressed work schedules with other
scheduling options. If some team members are working flextime,
others are on different compressed work schedules and still
others are on standard schedules, a manager should be able to
achieve the needed coverage. Team members on compressed work
schedules can also take different days off to provide coverage.
Depending on the schedule, one person might take Tuesdays off
and another might take every other Thursday off.
What if a team member is scheduled to be traveling or in training
on a compressed work schedule "flex" day?
Team members on standard schedules occasionally have to work on
days they're scheduled to be off too. The situation is no
different for those on FWAs. Hopefully team members will have
some control in planning their business trips and training so
that they can be accomplished during their scheduled workdays.
They might also consider changing a flex day or going back
to a standard schedule during periods of travel or training.
Wont working
long days lead to burnout?
Team members need to take this possibility into consideration when
selecting their compressed schedule. For example, if a person is working over 50 hours a week, it probably would not make
sense to try to compress that much work time into four long
days. However, compressing that many hours into a schedule that
allows an extra one or two days off a month might work without
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