Civil servants to call for four-day working week

A great idea. Hopefully, it spreads beyond the civil service.

So what happens with public facing offices where services are provided

I`m thinking Intreo offices,Housing not to mention the knock on teachers nurses Gardai etc etc etc. It would be never ending

Bad idea, they have enough holidays and sick leave. Let them off into the private sector to face reality

Sure the likes of revenue are only open short hours anyway.

I suppose they'd make sure these positions are covered through rotas etc.

We may all balk at the idea of our waster civil servants having more time off, but really this should be spreading beyond government employees. Same goes for retail etc. We all managed when shops weren't open on Sundays before. The world could do with slowing down.

In my company we need to be working 5 days a week, but we have arranged a pattern where not wveryone has to be in on a Monday, Friday or Wednesday, wo the existing staff can cover these days and everyone taking off whichever one of those days suits them.

It just required a bit of jogging around which days people could have as their day off. Was relatively easy at the end of the day.

Im sure anywhere that needs to be staffed 5 days a week could do the same.

You understand the public perception that many CS dept's and staff are underworked as it is, as well as many services being so poor, now we're and seeing their demands for a 4 day week and it doesn't look good?

Exactly why it will never happen in the CS unless it becomes mainstream in the private sector. Everyone already thinks they're absolutely useless.

The 4 day week will definitely happen. I bet it will happen on the very day I retire.

If people want to work 32 hours a week, they'll be paid 80% of their current salary. A

Many of those services already do longer shifts in less days.

Working 40 hours over 4 days isn't getting a holiday. Working 32 hours for 80% pay also isn't a holiday.

I'm honestly baffled that anyone with a full time job wouldn't understand how hours per week / pro-rata time works