Comments on: Why the 9-to-5 Routine is Rubbish http://splurgingonfreedom.com/9-to-5-routine-rubbish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=9-to-5-routine-rubbish Early Retirement on a Modest Salary Mon, 11 May 2020 09:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.14 By: Liz @ Splurging on Freedom http://splurgingonfreedom.com/9-to-5-routine-rubbish/#comment-177 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:04:35 +0000 http://splurgingonfreedom.com/?p=779#comment-177 In reply to Karena.

That is completely incredible, Karena! For a movement like that 15 years ago, the founders of the company must have been visionaries. I’m glad that your dad had the benefit of that. I believe the movement now is towards 4-day work weeks.

Unfortunately, the company I work in is super conventional. I tried to promote the idea of working from home to my boss, and was shot down within 2 seconds. Literally. Productivity in my office isn’t great, but people are still stuck in that traditional mindset I suppose.

]]> By: Karena http://splurgingonfreedom.com/9-to-5-routine-rubbish/#comment-167 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 06:50:44 +0000 http://splurgingonfreedom.com/?p=779#comment-167 I agree..I’m lucky enough to work from home, but there are companies in Australia who are trialing or others who have moved to a four day work week or scattered hours for employees. And the common thread with these companies is that productivity is up. My Dads office, about 15 years ago, was ahead of the pack. They shut down his entire floor at the office building and set all their staff up at home. They had Occupational health & Safety officers go to each home to make sure they were all set up efficiently and sitting correctly for their desks & computer screens. It was a genius move on there part because , yet again productivity went up. Not to mention you are taking cars off the road in peak traffic and saving employees hours a day commuting..

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