#24

I’d bloody love to do a 4x10 work week

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#25

As far as I can tell my employer is pretty good on flexible working. We certainly have several part-timers, including one male colleague of mine who has uneven hours to accommodate his childcare needs.

If anything we have the opposite problem. This year they’ve introduced a leave-buying scheme, but I have absolutely no doubt this is payroll-trimming led rather than staff wellbeing led.

#26

And I am absolutely DYING to go part time, but that’s still realistically five years away. And good luck to anyone who thinks they’re getting any more than 0.5FTE work out of me when I do.

#27

I justify it to my self as I have effectively given up on any future progression, whereas they are the go getters

#28

We like TOIL though, right??

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#29

I can’t even be arsed pretending that I’m working extra hours any more. Working from home has replaced TOIL.

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#30

Our toil is 50% of the extra time we do, indefensible

#31

:rage:

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#32

I don’t really get TOIL, travelling is expected to be mostly done in my own time and even travel on a Sunday isn’t repayed. I’d probably only get TOIL if I was mandated to be in a meeting all of a Saturday or Sunday.

#33

I remember in my first job going on an international trip with my boss and he told me that the travel time was TOIL. So I calculated the time and the next day turned up to work at 3pm, to some rather funny looks.

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#34

In my line of work contractors have their travel time included in their 40 hour contracts. Which means if they have two site visits that are each 4 hours away they only have to work a three day week :rage:

#35

Dunno why you’d be against toil? Having toil is bettr than not having toil.

Our new-ish CEO wants to scrap flexible working but people don’t know yet. I’m sure that’s going to go down very well, as well as being a reasonable and practical policy.

(I really dislike them)

#37

Time off in lieu

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#38

I think 2x12 would be better.

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#39

For the avoidance of doubt, this is the Fuck toil thread, not the Fuck T.O.I.L. thread.

#40

all the way through this post I was thinking “Take it to your union”

take it to your union

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#41

Working more than four full days out of seven is moronic. Genuinely find it fucking stupid that we accept five days in with two off as the standard, and that many people work 5.5/six days a week. The amount of people i meet through work who just say “yeah, but i need the money, mate” and plod on’s unbelievable. People don’t need the money, they buy shit they don’t need, fucking simple as that. Baffles me that we teach kids about types of fucking clouds, how to sing hymns, and Franz pissing Ferdinand in schools but no sort of money management.

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#42

My employer is really good with this stuff

I do a three day week and ‘work’ 2 days freelance
I can go in at 9.30 - 17.30 so my train is cheaper as it’s off peak
Any overtime gets logged - even 5 minutes, and we can accrue up to 2 days off a month through this
They offer compressed hours
They are totally fine with working from home
!

Thanks guys!

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#43

Would only work if the whole company did it for me. You take one day off and it’s like that day of school you missed and everyone thinks you’re a twat because you dont understand fractions.

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#44

The person who used to do my job was on a 5 day week, and I think I do the same amount of work that she used to do.
:+1:

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