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Summer Schedule
Anyone out there go to a summer schedule for the hot summer months? I was thinking about moving to a 4 day work week (10 hour days for employees but keep 8-5 publicly)for July & August- having Wednesday be a day the shop is ‘closed’.
That way, I could set up client appointments or do estimates offsite or whatever without cutting into my actual work time- while also giving people a nice break in the work week when it reaches over 100 degrees in here.
Thoughts?
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Hi Lenny,
My two cents says to install fans either in your roof or up high in the walls to ventilate your shop and create a cross breeze. The minute you change your work hours, I believe, your techs will not want to go back to a five day work week when the weather gets cooler. Just human nature.
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I have ceiling fans but there are times it can be 110 in here in the summer months. And I would much rather not be open when that happens as opposed to having to send the staff home because it just too hot to work.
I think we have decided to try the 4 day week for July and possibly doing the Wednesday for the day out of the shop- allowing me to be there if I choose to meet with clients or run errands to vendors etc and nto cut into my evenigns or Saturday time with my family. I need to cut back working over 100 hours each week.
My office staff will remain the same schedule (but we will not tell the public so she can have a day to do stuff ininterrupted as well) – just not the shop staff (techs). We will see how it goes and possibly extend it into August.
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Come on down to Sunny south Fl it is 90+ 98% humidity. My guys are tough.
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oh… my guys (and girls) are tough but it just is hard when the tools slip out of their hands…lol
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i missed that as 2012 summer is coming now:(
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