People have begun the realization of energy consumption can be checked by reducing the time spent by employees in offices. Therefore, many companies have adopted strategies like reducing number of working days in a week. I believe that pros of this development outweigh the cons.
There are many advantages of closing offices for some days a week. Firstly, it leads to a substantial reduction of expenses in terms of energy consumption, water usage and fuel consumption. Secondly, with the workweek load reduced and leisure time the productivity of employees improve, compensating for hours lost. For instance, the number of days in a workweek has been reduced from six to five days in government in India, which has not affected the work completed in a week. The commuting of employees and movement of office vehicles have also been reduced, resulting in substantial fuel savings.
Furthermore, people get to spend time with their family and friends. This is very important in today’s era of cutthroat competition wherein people have become workaholics and are failing to draw a line between work and leisure. This day off could give them much-needed time for themselves and their families. This could recharge their batteries and make them go back to work the next day with added zeal and enthusiasm.
On the other hand, this shortened workweek can affect work-output and reduce the earning of employees especially those work on daily wages. This could obviously discourage workers. Additionally, considering the competition faced by the companies and targets they have to achieve within the given deadlines, this policy could have detrimental effects on the companies’ performance. However, the drawbacks can be minimized by introducing alternative methods like telecommuting, where employees do not come to office, but work from home using modern telecommunication systems.
To sum up, although there are minor disadvantages to this system, shorter workweeks can have greater benefits to individuals and society by saving the depleting energy resources of the world.
People
have begun the realization of energy consumption can be
checked
by reducing the
time
spent by
employees
in
offices
.
Therefore
,
many
companies
have adopted strategies like reducing number of working days in a week. I believe that pros of this development outweigh the cons.
There are
many
advantages of closing
offices
for
some
days a week.
Firstly
, it leads to a substantial reduction of expenses in terms of energy consumption, water usage and fuel consumption.
Secondly
, with the workweek load
reduced
and leisure
time
the productivity of
employees
improve
, compensating for hours lost.
For instance
, the number of days in a workweek has been
reduced
from six to five days in
government
in India, which has not
affected
the
work
completed in a week. The commuting of
employees
and movement of
office
vehicles have
also
been
reduced
, resulting in substantial fuel savings.
Furthermore
,
people
get
to spend
time
with their family and friends. This is
very
important
in
today
’s era of cutthroat competition wherein
people
have become workaholics and are failing to draw a line between
work
and leisure. This day off could give them much-needed
time
for themselves and their families.
This
could recharge their batteries and
make
them go back to
work
the
next
day with
added
zeal and enthusiasm.
On the other hand
, this shortened workweek can affect work-output and
reduce
the earning of
employees
especially
those
work
on daily wages. This could
obviously
discourage workers.
Additionally
, considering the competition faced by the
companies
and targets they
have to
achieve within the
given
deadlines, this policy could have detrimental effects on the
companies
’ performance.
However
, the drawbacks can
be minimized
by introducing alternative methods like telecommuting, where
employees
do not
come
to
office
,
but
work
from home using modern telecommunication systems.
To sum up, although there are minor disadvantages to this system, shorter workweeks can have greater benefits to individuals and society by saving the depleting energy resources of the world.