Working Patterns

Part time working

Flexible hours

Compressed hours

Job sharing

Definition: A decreased working schedule which allows employees/workers to work for fewer days but more hours per day than regular schedule. However the total hours are still the same.

Definition: When you working for less than full time jobs through the use of shifts. Normally student work part time to get some pocket money.

Definition: A split working schedule which allows two employees/workers to help each other work on a full time job. This splits the profit between the two.

Allow the employees to works at different hours than normal schedule. All will add up to 40 hours a week

Advantage

  • Allow worker to choose when they want to work
  • There will likely be people staying in the office (if anything goes wrong)

Disadvantage

  • Waste of electricity
  • less teamwork and comunication

Advantage

Advantage

  • consume small amount of time
  • working experience gained

Disadvantage

  • Less income
  • only job likes cleaner and cashier available

Allows the worker to feel more relaxed and flexible making the worker more happy and efficient.

Disadvantage

Power has to be on for longer periods of time meaning the price of the electricity bill has to be higher.

Worker might undergo stress due to the constant stacking of hours.

Allows worker to plan out possible vacations with family and work extra

Disadvantage

Advantage

Ideas can be shared allowing more communication. learn from others

More brains = more skills

Possible arguments and conflict between two who have different ideas

The worker is not able to make money while other person is working

Email. to contact you partner and inform them on what you were doing or leave notes. This allows the work partner to continue from where you left off so that he knows what to do and isn't confused.

Excel: Used to stack number of hours needed per day instead of needing to calculate manually. This allows better organization.

Finger print registration which tells the boss that the worker has came in today and a specific time.

Google Calendar. Allows faster and more efficient time managing between different employees when it comes to different shifts. If there are time adjustments it can be changed easier too.