{"id":9964,"date":"2012-04-07T06:41:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2012\/04\/the-4-to-5-hour-work-day---part-1.html"},"modified":"2012-04-07T06:41:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T10:41:47","slug":"the-4-to-5-hour-work-day-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2012\/04\/the-4-to-5-hour-work-day-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 to 5 Hour Work Day – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was talking with a colleague the other day about how the 9-5 workday for business professionals needs to be dead and buried. A lot of our woes of society (traffic, job fatigue, stress) could be averted if the work day was confined to a 10-3 timeslot for those working in an office setting.<\/p>\n
Not all businesses would adapt to this new schedule, but think of the advantages of a tighter workday at the office – less driving home during rush hour; more time to spend with your kids before and after school; more productivity, knowing you only have 5 hours to accomplish what you could do in eight<\/p>\n
What are the disadvantages? I see few, other than that people might not be able to attend as many boring meetings.<\/p>\n
Next time I talk about this, I will share how I work by the hour, not in a 4-5 hour block of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was talking with a colleague the other day about how the 9-5 workday for business professionals needs to be dead and buried. A lot of our woes of society (traffic, job fatigue, stress) could be averted if the work…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,28,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-scheduling","category-management","category-time-management"],"yoast_head":"\r\n