If
your employer offered the opportunity to work four 10-hour days per week instead
of a traditional five 8-hour-day workweek, would you take it?

Employers rethinking
five-day workweek and some are seeing
improved productivity, but old habits die hard…

WHAT WOULD BE
YOUR PERFECT WORK-WEEK? HOW MANY HOURS PER WEEK DO YOU PUT IN ON AVERAGE
ANYWAY?!?

What
about 10 hours a day for Monday through Thursday then off Friday, Saturday &
Sunday…[Every other week?!]

Or maybe
work Monday and Tuesday, off Wednesday, work Thursday and Friday, off Saturday
& Sunday.

Or maybe
a combination of the two.

WHAT WOULD BE
YOUR PERFECT WORK-WEEK?

When you
know a three-day weekend is just around the corner, do you try hard to tie up
loose ends during the week so you can enjoy
it?

I know I
do.

When you
get back to work on a Tuesday, doesn’t the rest of the week seem to fly by?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could have a four-day workweek every week?

When
faced with a short workweek I know I am more productive during business hours.

THE
CASE FOR THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK

o  People have more time to spend with
their families.

o  Traffic studies show better commute
times

o  Also, a four/10 schedule gives
employees 52 extra days off each year

o  Employees save money on commuting to
and from work.

o  The business saves money on energy
costs.

o  Studies show that employees with a
four-day workweek are more productive and happier overall.

o 

But there
are drawbacks, too. Working 10 hours a day isn’t for
everyone.

When
thinking about creating a four-day workweek, people tend to think about how
great it will be to have more time away from the office rather than how
increasing their workday by two hours may affect them and their families.

Less time
in the day outside of work means less time for running errands on your
workdays.


If
your employer offered the opportunity to work four 10-hour days per week instead
of a traditional five 8-hour-day workweek, would you take it?

NO
REST FOR THE WICKED

Twenty
years ago, if your boss wanted to contact you at home, he had to call your home
phone.  And if he got a busy signal or the answering machine, you were clear. 
Today, your company knows they can access you 24 hours a day.  And they
DO.

According
to a new study, the average employee now does an extra four hours and 51 minutes
of work from home every week.  That includes everything from catching up on work
emails to actually doing projects.

If you
work 49 weeks a year, that adds up to about 30 EXTRA eight-hour work days a year
. . . or a full EXTRA MONTH of work.

The study
also found more than HALF of people say they’ve had to miss or postpone social
and family events because of work they've had to do from home.

20% of parents have missed an event at
their kid's school, 13% have missed their child's birthday party,
10% have missed their husband or wife's birthday, and 8% have
missed an anniversary dinner.

If
your employer offered the opportunity to work four 10-hour days per week instead
of a traditional five 8-hour-day workweek, would you take it?

MAY I
TAKE A MESSAGE?

A new
survey by a mobile device software company called Good Technology found that
your phone is NOT your friend when it comes to getting away from
work.     

The
average employee puts in an extra seven HOURS a week responding to messages
after-hours . . . that's almost an extra day of work spent checking email and
returning calls.

That adds
up to 30 extra hours a month, and 360 extra hours a year . . . or nine extra
WEEKS of work.

Nearly
50% of people said they feel like they have no choice but to put in the overtime
at home. 

68% of
people say they check work email before 8:00 A.M. and 40% check it after 10:00
P.M.  Half check it in bed . . . 57% check their messages while on family
outings . . . and 38% check email at the dinner table.

THE
Worst Moment of the Week

A new
survey has figured out the exact worst moment of the week.  And it's not the
moment when you're flipping channels and accidentally watch three seconds of
"Keeping Up with the Kardashians".

The worst
moment of the week is . . . 4:13 P.M. on Sunday.

That's
the average time people say they're the most upset because of a devastating
combo of the weekend being over and anxiety about the next week of
work.

The
survey also found 75% of people try not to leave the house on Sundays . .
. and, possibly as a result of that, 44% of people think their weekends
sound boring compared their coworkers.