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Old 21-11-2019, 22:44   #49
jfman
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Re: Election 2019 - Week 3

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Originally Posted by Carth View Post
So you agree that cutting back the hours would necessitate employing more workers, with the added costs thereof . .

. . and the machines would still be producing exactly the same output.
No.

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
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.
Yet the evidence doesn’t agree with you.

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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.
Let’s hold back the entire economy on the basis of not wanting to employ a few extra binmen.

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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).
You don’t seem to grasp this rota concept do you?
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