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This is pretty great, but I hope they use it to investigate whether it makes workers 20% more productive rather than as a way to possibly justify eliminating 20
by smcl 4y ago
This is pretty great, but I hope they use it to investigate whether it makes workers 20% more productive rather than as a way to possibly justify eliminating 20% of their staff. The only real news I've seen relating to Glasgow City Council recently [0] suggests they're relatively progressive so hopefully it's the former.
[0] - https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20183796.queens-jubilee-glasgow-councillors-say-using-public-money-crass/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20183796.queens-jubilee-...
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- brigandish 4y agoImagine if they did both and cut taxes, thus leaving people with more money to spend on things that create jobs…
- checkurprivlege 4y agogovernment entities only have deficit if they have any spare funds, they will find a way to spend them it's wonderful to not be bound by the profitability rigidities
- simonh 4y agoThis is explained in the article. The intent is to evaluate 100:80:100, which is 100% pay for 80% of the hours in return for a commitment to maintain 100% productivity.
- smabie 4y agoThough of course since it's the government commitment to 100% of previous productivity probably not that difficult even with a 2 day work week..
- IshKebab 4y agoThat seems pretty unlikely to happen. I guess they can actually measure productivity for some council activities (e.g. rate of processing planning applications) so we should get some interesting data. I wonder how they hope to avoid the "guys if we all work really hard for this short study we get Fridays off forever!" effect.