4 day work week "experiment" to cut fuel cost, good or bad?

[ohiomohawk]

Chysler in Toldeo is considering this move. A lot of companies may try this to cut fuel and energy cost.

This could be huge headaches for some of the trucking indusrty:

Imagine shippers and recievers being closed Fri-Sun, This would create a lot of logistical nightmares.

The traffic patterns would change, more trucks crammed on highways Mon-Thur

More pressure on disaptch resulting in more pressure on drivers to driver harder, faster and longer in many cases.

More trucks squeezed in shipper/reciever yards, less room to park.

Do you think working 10 hours a day 4 days a week would increase the productivity of the people loading/unloading you?

Many of us would get hit hard in the pocket.

Could a 4 day work week end up being the norm in the next 5 years?

[Snowman7]

Chysler in Toldeo is considering this move. A lot of companies may try this to cut fuel and energy cost.

This could be huge headaches for some of the trucking indusrty:

Imagine shippers and recievers being closed Fri-Sun, This would create a lot of logistical nightmares.

The traffic patterns would change, more trucks crammed on highways Mon-Thur

More pressure on disaptch resulting in more pressure on drivers to driver harder, faster and longer in many cases.

More trucks squeezed in shipper/reciever yards, less room to park.

Do you think working 10 hours a day 4 days a week would increase the productivity of the people loading/unloading you?

Many of us would get hit hard in the pocket.

Could a 4 day work week end up being the norm in the next 5 years?

Companies who go to 4-10's will usually stagger their work force to where someone different is off each day. You may or may not always have the same days off. Some Fedex Freight barns have had their city guys on 4-10's for a few years now. They get the weekend and one day during the week.

[Lunker]

And the way the economy is going, you may hard pressed to stay busy 4 days a week. I've seen my dedicated route go from 5 days a week to 4 and the manufacturer I haul for has layed off 1/3 of their work force.

[GMAN]

Companies could stagger manufacturing without doing the same with shipping.

[Bumper]

Then the shipping/receiving guys will be pissed all the time because everyone else in the building has a 3 day weekend except for them and then the union will get involved and before ya know it, the place will be closed.....

[jd112488]

a four day work week does not neccisarily mean fri, sat, and sun as days off. it just means 4 day work week.

[Bumper]

The job I retired from was a 4-10 place and I enjoyed having fri-sun or sat-mon off.

[homer]

the notion that we can be a nation of consumers that produces nothing is not sustainable.
in japan children go to school 6 days a week and receive a solid 8-10 hours of the 3 r's plus science and languages plus 2-3 hours of homework.
south korea launches an oil tanker or freighter every day.
our heavy industry is in china where they comlpete a power plant evry week and the goverment subsidises gasoline to stimulate the economy and the people are parking their bicycles and buying cars. buick is their favorite
their must be a backlash againts barry husseins austerity program

[Bumper]

Let IBEW or AFL-CIO, or UAW get a good foothold into China or Korea and see how they do......

[belpre122]

Could a 4 day work week end up being the norm in the next 5 years?

Very possible mohawk. At least in the past, 4 days work weeks were common in Western European countries.

Regarding irregular-route OTR trucking? Makes no difference at all. The driver is already sitting free for, why not tack-on another 24 hours?

[headborg]

a four day work week does not neccisarily mean fri, sat, and sun as days off. it just means 4 day work week.

around Arkansas-- this is exactly what/why they are trying the 4 day work week-- so they can turn off the lights and save energy for 3 days+ save their
employees gas money coming/going to and from work an extra day.

Instead of an 8 hour shift-- they are running 10 to 12 hour shifts- 4 days instead of 5.

I think it's a great move-- now if only they could regulate -- Commerce on these 3 day weekends--- say "no buying, no selling" then maybe Families would spend this time together-- instead of out wasting gas-- driving around "Shopping" and buying more Chinese products that they don't actually need.

[homer]

Let IBEW or AFL-CIO, or UAW get a good foothold into China or Korea and see how they do......

they probably send em to the labor camp to build another power plant with the survivors of tianamen square

[Windwalker]

My son was working 4-10 for many years. But, they arranged so that those days off never fell on the same days every week. The plant was up and running 24-7. Even shipping and receiving had the same hours. There was no problem with delivering or getting loaded. Even delivery appointments were very relaxed. With a company the size of Chrysler, I would expect the same thing. It has virtually NO EFFECT on logistics.

[bikerboy]

sounds like a great idea, i hope 4 day work weeks happen soon, i am always home for the weekend's anyway, so an extra day at home would be just great!

[Orangetxguy]

I worked 4-10's for 16 years.

Had Thursday through Saturday off a couple 3 times, had tuesday through friday off a couple times, Had saturday through monday off for a while, and had friday through sunday off for 7 years.

The 4-day week has been hashed, re-hashed, and will get hashed some more.

[Rawlco]

I think that a three day week would be better. If we truck drivers can work 14 than factory workers could do 14. Take two lunch breaks of half an hour for 13 productive hours that would be 39 hours a week.

Then with two shifts one would work Mon, Tue, Wed, and the other would get Thu, Fri, Sat. Three days on, four days off.

[Orangetxguy]

I think that a three day week would be better. If we truck drivers can work 14 than factory workers could do 14. Take two lunch breaks of half an hour for 13 productive hours that would be 39 hours a week.

Then with two shifts one would work Mon, Tue, Wed, and the other would get Thu, Fri, Sat. Three days on, four days off.

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