OT: Bad Case of the Monday's

I was not going to mention it thinking if it was availabe, you would have already done it, but then I remembered until I went to work for the gov't I had never heard of it, so if it heps one or more I'd be happy.

It's called AWS  - Alternate work schedule and yes, it's only for white collar. Most people here say they hate Mondays and that woud work. It can be used for any day, however, and most pick Monday or Friday, obviously for the extended weekend. Even with it availabe, i still stuck with straight 8 for two years before I switched. I was still partying pretty hard - meaning I liked to drink on the weekends. My days of week night drinking were long past. But instead of Mondays. I opted for Fridays so I could drink Thurs thru Sat. on the long weekend.

Now, of course, this isn't going to work if you'reworkdays consist of working with  unscheduled walk-ins or things of that nature, but I worked in Contracts, so I could just as easily keep up with my contracts at my own pace.

Normal work week was handled in this manner. M-F 9 hrs, total 45. Second week, three 9 hr days and then finished off with an 8 hr on last day of the pay period, leaving Thurs thru Sat off every other week.

Often overlooked was the added benefit of an extra 26 days off, or 5 more weeks vacation per year. Actually, I can't recall anyone ever trying this, but I don't think it would have been too difficult to work the extra day for 10 weeks and then actually take a vacation in two week chunks. I don't know if this would have been viable for most, but myself and our Leasing Agent could have done it. We were both actual employees of Regional Hdqs and attached to the Grand Rapids Field Office.