Furloughs...again...maybe?
So I know I'm supposed to be happy about the furloughs ending and getting a full paycheck again...but I have to admit I was more than a little happy to hear that the governor (in his petulant child way) was starting them up again until the legislature passed a budget. I've gotten used to the shortened work weeks; it's been awesome to only have to come in on Fridays when we've got a deadline for something coming up. Now I'm a little sad that the Alameda County Superior Court has put an injunction on the furloughs until mid-September. No more Fridays off. But apparently the governor is trying to appeal the temporary injunction! But I've been told that you can't really appeal an injunction that's been put in place prior to a hearing on legality (ie. if you are having a hearing to determine if something is legal, you aren't really supposed to continue doing the potentially illegal thing while waiting for the date of the hearing). I've got my fingers crossed for Friday off though.
I've gotten way too used to the furloughed schedule, though. Part of my brain has been pondering requesting an alternative schedule with just 4 days a week. "I can totally survive on a slimmer paycheck each month!" that part of my brain says. And then the other part goes, "yeah, but you should be saving that extra money you would have been getting. And what are you going to do with that extra day off? Sit around watching tv or reading? Might as well be getting paid for wasting time at work." Plus, I'm not sure what my boss would actually say to such a request.
I'm really wondering if my willingness to work fewer hours a week is further strike against my current job. Or maybe I just don't really like to work, in general. I wonder if I'd be so happy about a 4 day work week if I had a different job? I kind of think I probably would be.
I've gotten way too used to the furloughed schedule, though. Part of my brain has been pondering requesting an alternative schedule with just 4 days a week. "I can totally survive on a slimmer paycheck each month!" that part of my brain says. And then the other part goes, "yeah, but you should be saving that extra money you would have been getting. And what are you going to do with that extra day off? Sit around watching tv or reading? Might as well be getting paid for wasting time at work." Plus, I'm not sure what my boss would actually say to such a request.
I'm really wondering if my willingness to work fewer hours a week is further strike against my current job. Or maybe I just don't really like to work, in general. I wonder if I'd be so happy about a 4 day work week if I had a different job? I kind of think I probably would be.