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I signed up for a gym that apparently went on an initiative to improve its employee culture. The gym is really nice, not as good as Equinox in Palo Alto, but cl

I signed up for a gym that apparently went on an initiative to improve its employee culture. The gym is really nice, not as good as Equinox in Palo Alto, but close enough. So one of the initiatives was to close the gym during holiday seasons so that staff could enjoy vacations schedules just like everyone else. Lo and behold, they closed the gym between December 20 and January 5th. Just when I was planning to catch up on things. They can count on my cancellation. What I'm saying - do you want to live in a world that is functioning 80% of time?

Raphmedia 11y ago
Is this sarcasm? My gym AND my favorite bar were closed all holiday. Why would you be at either of those places? You should be enjoying yourself like everyone else during this time.
- amyjess 11y ago
  Maybe GP's idea of enjoying themselves is going to the gym. And my idea of enjoying myself is going to the bar.
jontayesp 11y ago
We should respect other people's time off if we want others to respect our time off. Is it really so hard to find some other way to exercise for a month?
- rodionos 11y ago
  Why not close supermarkets out of respect for labor unions as well, for 2 weeks. I think the solution lies somewhere else - such as automating humans out of retail and services to the extent possible. For instance, speaking of gym, I would keep the facility open staffed just with with security and reception. Shut down non-core functions: new member office, group sessions, cafe etc.
  - ljw1001 11y ago
    automating people out of work is definitely 'a' solution.
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sdfin 11y ago
Working fewer hours != A world that's functioning 80% of time
- logfromblammo 11y ago
  If you need your business to be open for the same amount of time, reducing maximum hours to 3/4 means increasing worker count to 4/3. Judging by the abysmal labor participation rate and unemployment stats in the US, this is easily done. Per-worker overhead costs would force an increase in the labor budget for most companies, though. As many businesses have been ruthlessly slashing that budget category for a while, that is likely to prompt a lot of bitching and moaning from company management--even from businesses that depend on consumers being able to afford their products. It's just a scheduling problem. If a business elects to be open longer than 6 hours per weekday, it will need to have some workers work at different times than others. But I do recall visiting the government license office once on my lunch break, only to discover that most of the workers there were also out to lunch, and took more time out of the middle of the day than I wanted to. So, anecdotally, whether or not the world functions when you need it to function depends more on how much the business cares about serving its customers than the number of hours its workers are on-site every day.
DrScump 11y ago
One irony here is that of the two gyms I belong to, the cheap one has longer hours on holidays and Fridays. I originally added the cheap one because it's just 4 minutes from my house, ruining my ability to flake out on the basis that "I don't have time to do X before they close".

Raphmedia 11y ago

Is this sarcasm? My gym AND my favorite bar were closed all holiday. Why would you be at either of those places? You should be enjoying yourself like everyone else during this time.

amyjess 11y ago
Maybe GP's idea of enjoying themselves is going to the gym. And my idea of enjoying myself is going to the bar.

jontayesp 11y ago

We should respect other people's time off if we want others to respect our time off. Is it really so hard to find some other way to exercise for a month?

rodionos 11y ago
Why not close supermarkets out of respect for labor unions as well, for 2 weeks. I think the solution lies somewhere else - such as automating humans out of retail and services to the extent possible. For instance, speaking of gym, I would keep the facility open staffed just with with security and reception. Shut down non-core functions: new member office, group sessions, cafe etc.
- ljw1001 11y ago
  automating people out of work is definitely 'a' solution.

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sdfin 11y ago

Working fewer hours != A world that's functioning 80% of time

logfromblammo 11y ago
If you need your business to be open for the same amount of time, reducing maximum hours to 3/4 means increasing worker count to 4/3. Judging by the abysmal labor participation rate and unemployment stats in the US, this is easily done. Per-worker overhead costs would force an increase in the labor budget for most companies, though. As many businesses have been ruthlessly slashing that budget category for a while, that is likely to prompt a lot of bitching and moaning from company management--even from businesses that depend on consumers being able to afford their products. It's just a scheduling problem. If a business elects to be open longer than 6 hours per weekday, it will need to have some workers work at different times than others. But I do recall visiting the government license office once on my lunch break, only to discover that most of the workers there were also out to lunch, and took more time out of the middle of the day than I wanted to. So, anecdotally, whether or not the world functions when you need it to function depends more on how much the business cares about serving its customers than the number of hours its workers are on-site every day.

DrScump 11y ago

One irony here is that of the two gyms I belong to, the cheap one has longer hours on holidays and Fridays. I originally added the cheap one because it's just 4 minutes from my house, ruining my ability to flake out on the basis that "I don't have time to do X before they close".