Tonight's meeting has been postponed until August 20th to give the City more time to prepare their metrics and displays.
"Compressed Workweek" refers to the plan to move City workers from 40 hours a week to 32, with no cut in pay or benefits. They began this process a year ago, with the police department. We haven't heard much about it since then, but they did announce that they planned to start moving other departments in that direction.
They published a Space Needs Analysis in February, which gave some early indications as to which departments were using the Compressed Workweek. It also noted the percentage of employees who worked at home, full or part-time.
The survey results begin on p. 24. The Public Works, Police, Fire, and Parks Departments were not included in the survey. Among the results:
- Given a choice between spending 3 or 4 days a week in the office, 60% of employees would prefer 3.
- Given a choice as to where they would like to work, 40% said "at home, while 20% (for each response) said "shared office," "workstation," or "private office."
- The City Manager's Department shows 40% of his employees on a compressed workweek and 30% fully remote. DAYS IN THE OFFICE: 3X/WEEK.
- The Finance Department shows 33% of the employees using a flexible schedule and 66% occasional remote work, but none at this time using the compressed workweek. "Most of the department is in the office most of the week and each need dedicated work space." DAYS IN THE OFFICE: 4X/WEEK.
- The Community Development (Planning) Department reports that "Most of the department is in the office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and work from home Thursday and Friday." DAYS IN THE OFFICE: 3X/WEEK.
- The Innovation and Technology Group reports 40% of their staff on the compressed workweek. DAYS IN THE OFFICE: 2X/WEEK.
See the Space Needs Analysis document for the full set of data, and wait till August 20th to learn more about the results-to-date of the Compressed Workweek project.
