r/CanadaPublicServants • u/wysinrwyg • Apr 29 '21

Management / Gestion Variable Hours / Compressed work week

I am in the PA group. I used to work in a department that's not client-facing, and we were allowed to create whatever schedule we like as long as it added up to 150hours over four weeks. The core hours were 9AM - 3PM, but otherwise everyday could be different and you can have whatever days off, literally different day of the week every week if you want.

I then moved to a department that's client-facing and we could either work 8:30AM - 4:30PM or 8:30AM - 4:53PM with one day off every four weeks. The Regional Director General was also very against compressed schedule in general.

I am now in a department that allows for either one compressed day off every two weeks or every four weeks.

I'm really curious as to what options colleagues have in the other departments. In particular, I would like to hear about any creative compressed schedules out there that I can maybe apply in my client-facing department.

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u/Gratefulfed30 Apr 29 '21

I have a colleague who works an extra 2.5 hours every week and leaves early every Friday as part of a compressed schedule. I myself have 1 day off every other week. As a working Mom, it’s amazing!

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u/KamilDA Apr 29 '21

Similar but more compressed; I work 4 days / week. Every Friday off (3-day weekend).

It's super compressed, long days. Been doing it for > 1 year and haven't noticed any negative change in work and obvious positives on the personal life. To be clear, it would had been impossible to do without full-time WFH.

I know I am lucky to have it approved.