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Four 10s Although the most attractive, this was the hardest of the schedules. I work on momentum and flow, and the extra time allowed me to finish projects that day rather than stopping halfway through and intending to finish tomorrow, only to have something come up. Kathleen Kelley said an employee’s lifestyle has to fit a flexible schedule. It quickly became apparent mine doesn’t. I can’t take my daughters to the babysitter’s until 7 a.m., so I don’t make it to work until 8 a.m. That means I was here until 7 p.m., with an hour for lunch. On a typical five-day week, there’s not much time to spend with my two daughters before their bedtime. When I worked 10 hours a day, meaning I got home two hours later, they were already in bed. My two-year-old had given my wife a difficult time because she was convinced she wasn’t getting enough attention, so she looked for creative and mischievous ways of gaining more. But it’s nice to be missed. The later hours did mean I was here about two hours after my neighboring cubicles became vacant. Ahhh, peace and quiet. Until about 6:30 p.m., the days didn’t seem much longer. Then I started looking at the little time readout in the bottom right corner of my monitor every two minutes. By then, I was fatigued and my momentum was crawling along, gasping for breath. If I were used to working 10 hour-days, I assume my endurance would’ve been built up. By the end of my shift Thursday, I was more weary than usual, which is to be expected. But the thought of the three-day weekend perked me up and to pushed me through that last half hour. Janie Canino talked about the importance of being flexible. I wanted to take Thursday off, but then my day on the job assignment was scheduled for that day. So I moved my day off to Friday. No big deal. I’d still get to spend time with my wife and daughters. Fridays are perhaps the worst days to take off because stores and attractions are more likely to be busy than, say, on a Thursday, Kelley said. She was right. We went to the zoo, and it was packed. Each line was 10 people deep with mothers and strollers and kids monkeying around. It was a nice day out, but jeez. Don’t these people work? |
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