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Originally Posted by jfman
“Only the private sector”
What absolute nonsense. In the workplace very few actions take “fixed” amounts of time. There’s also fatigue, attention span and a wide range of other factors that give human beings variable productivity at different points throughout the working day. Your ignorance on these matters is frankly startling.
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If each was as productive in 32 hours, the starting premise of the post you quoted, as 40 there’d be no need for additional staff. Just the rota adjusted to give cover across the 168 hours of the week. With 300 staff that shouldn’t be too hard.
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The public sector is not exactly known for a desire to work efficiently. The trade unions don't allow it.
Working one less hour a day isn't going dramatically change fatigue levels. It takes whatever time it takes to empty the bins with a set number of people and and set number of collection lorries. No getting around that. You would soon be complaining if they were expected to move faster in emptying the bins or delivering the post.
Love to see the rota where you could cover X hours a days with people working slightly less than X hours a day. Especially without Zero-hour contracts or a massive change to part-time working(ie paid a lot less than full time).