As the temperature rises and summer approaches, small business owners may consider offering daylight saving schedules, such as early dismissal on Fridays, to help employees combat burnout.
As the temperature rises and summer approaches, small business owners may consider offering daylight saving schedules, such as early dismissal on Fridays, for employees to help combat burnout.
According to a May report from the Society for Human Resource Management, 44% of 1,405 American employees surveyed feel burned out at work, 45% feel “emotionally drained” from their work, and 51% feel “emotionally drained” from their work. exhausted” at the end of the job. workday.
And since small businesses find it harder to offer better pay and benefits to boost morale than large companies due to their tighter margins, daylight saving time may be a way to offer employees a low-cost benefit. .
But there are a few things a small business owner should keep in mind before offering reduced summer hours.
Consider employee workload and deadlines. If it is not feasible to offer all employees the same hours off, consider staggering the time off. Or offer the same daylight savings time, but every other week instead of every week.
Once you’ve committed to offering reduced summer hours, such as a 2 pm end time on Fridays, write it down, including the policy start and end dates; and let staff know well in advance exactly what the policy will be.
Finally, at the end of the initial daylight savings season, perform an autopsy. Evaluate what worked and what didn’t, so you can adjust the policy as necessary.