August 31, 2016
STILL TEN HOURS TOO LONG:
Why Amazon is trying out a 30-hour work week : Amazon, the online retailer, is launching a pilot program that would consist entirely of workers working for 10 hours less than full time, but with full benefits. (Weston Williams, Staff AUGUST 29, 2016, CS Monitor)
The company is set to launch an experimental program consisting of a few teams of workers made up entirely of employees working 30 hours a week, instead of the usual 40 hours expected of a full-time employee.The new program is small, consisting of a few dozen people in a company that employs more than 225,000. But if it is successful, it could provide a new model for Amazon as well as other large companies seeking to become more competitive in a tightening labor market, and to especially attract more mothers.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 31, 2016 2:41 PM