https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66075471
Lee Rowley says a trial, which a council leader says cut the need for agency staff, should end now.
The local government minister has formally requested a council ends its trial of a four-day week "immediately" over concerns about "value for money".
"Concerns" - sure, be concerned but let the trial play out. That's the point of a trial, to assess if something works or not.
The problem with MPs is that they continually ignore facts in favour of stupidity.
I sometimes think this is because of commercial real-estate, the death of the high-street, Pret not making as much money, etc.
But more often than not I think that it is because MPs and CEOs don't actually like spending time with their families. Their work is their hobby, they don't want to be 'home with the kids', and they like the office culture they have developed over their career. In the office they are important. At home they have to do the dishes.
Most ofthenm haven't worked a real job in their lives. Their policies come from their donors. Big business. If this succeeds, all workers start asking for it, and directors have to give "free time off".
Frankly, I hope Pret goes into liquidation. The high street is dying because there's too many franchises that squash local businesses into submission.
And the nerve of these companies to have subscription services for coffee is disgusting. Rent seeking is shit in general, but in the food industry? It's a low I never thought we'd sink to.
The day McDonald's starts a subscription service is the day I finally admit the human race deserves to go extinct.
"Your evidence is no match for my ideology! Stop it!" Or something something look tough on lazy/scroungers/insert stereotype blah
I think that'll be the outrage line. "They just want to work less for the same pay, expecting handouts, something something lazy entitled want everything handed to them" I saw similar with the outrage around quiet quitting.
Can government ministers make demands on how a council, of a different political affiliation in this case, is ran?
I'm sure there can be very bad ways of doing a four day work week but it's certainly something I'd want in future.
The concerns are clearly they're scared it will spread to their buddies companies.
I truly fail to understand the logic besides protecting personal interests. By most metrics it's a success.
Unless he believes that if the council workers can be this efficient and productive in 4 days and that productivity hasn't been affected then the council workers should be able to do extra with that extra day and they obviously weren't doing enough before.
It's twisted logic, but there's a sense to it? If you manage to forget that people are people and need time away from work in order to be more productive, happier, etc