Give Your Staff Friday Afternoon Off
I got this idea from Cheryl Leone in Raleigh. At the beginning of April, we started leaving the office at 1:00 p.m. on Fridays.
We cut the lunch hour from an hour to half an hour and came in half an hour early each day of the week. Then we work through lunch on Friday and leave at 1:00 p.m.
This give the employees time to schedule doctor’s appointments, get their hair cut, make appointments, run errands or just start the weekend early.
The nice thing about it is that they have a set time off each week to take care of things if they need to. Plus, it’s nice to have Friday afternoons off in the summertime at the beach.
Great idea Dave! Interested to know whether the same amount of work gets done. I'll bet you do, as getting Fri afternoon off is a great incentive.
I have monitored this employee perk and found that when surveyed employees would rather keep this perk than all others. The rule has to be that this is a benefit you earn and are not entitled to. I believe in positive work culture benefits. It keeps employees around (or those you want)
Any employer in any line of work should look at this with great interest.
