The people pushing these are using pixie/fairy economics to try and claim there are only benefits, including increased productivity. So, they think Tesla will produce as many cars in 32 hours as 40 hours? Your house renovation will still take 4 months and not 5?
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Having worked with people who had health exemptions to work limited hours if you aren’t online 60 hours a week even with that lower pay you’ll be RIFfed out as they were. One person was almost fired in an all hands for saying he was blocked at 5am but waited to call a coworker with a newborn at 7am. The same leadership that did this over two hours didn’t threaten to fire themselves for a mistake which cost a set of projects an extra year of development each. Unlike companies that saw revenue increases with a 32 hour workweek Cisco would never be competent enough to make that happen.
Absolute ZERO. In my unit, we have to be on-call and work with other geo in the evening/late night and Sunday night. We work way more than 40 hours so those hours are BS for us.
@1myw So you are now reducing your effort from 2 hours a day to 1 hour a day?
As other say, inflation raging, Cisco making a ton of money, and most employees get no raise despite hitting number. So I reduce my effort my 6% to match the fact I did not get that raise this year that eating away at my family standard of living. They say the inflation may be 10% this year. If so and if I only get 2% raise, I reduce my hours and effort by 8% to match. 2 can play this games.
For the job I used to have when I was still there, I doubt a 4 day work week will prevent my manager from scheduling debug meetings on the weekends...
When Cisco offered IRW (interim reduced week) you could work four days instead of five....... but you agreed to a pay cut of 20 percent.
It’s a toss up with wearing the Rock on Chuck t-shirt to the office……
None as there is no such thing. All that happens is your 5 day week gets compressed into 4.
i works only 2hrs a day, why is you work 8?
Raises are only for the good ol' boys club.
Most higher paying technical support jobs don't allow the control of when problems must be addressed reactively, including after hours or weekends.
Deal with it, or go work as a Barista; which also one won't be able to get by financially by with, unless working two jobs.
None. I'm already taking a paycut due to a lack of COLA to match inflation. I'd use those 8 hrs to moonlight or take online courses to improve my skills and be more marketable.
I’ll take a raise