Originally Posted by
trim it out
It's just a formalisation of the system already in place.
Stores that are only open for ten minutes every third Tuesday.
Lads who spend more time on the XBox in their rooms than being sat around the NAAFI doing nothing, waiting for direction.
Late starts on Mondays.
Early stacks on Fridays.
Wednesday sports afternoons.
The Boss is away on a course? No need to hang around playing minesweeper until 5 looking busy for that A- report.
For all of the cynical quips, it may keep valuable people in who would otherwise poke off for a civvie job offering that 75% contract the military doesn't. If they have trashed your pension, why wouldnt you want an easier pace of life when you are now expected to work til past 70 for a state pension.plus, you only get paid for the work you actually do.
Seems an ideal way to meet the balance between modern lifestyle and the age old issue of what to do with unreducable spare manpower capacity when not balls out.