Sometimes less is More

We made a major change a few months ago as to how many hours volunteers work.

I got the idea when the pandemic first hit and those in our corporate office who could work from home did so.  Even though they were at home, we still seemed to get everything completed.

Once the pandemic subsided and everyone was vaccinated we started bringing volunteers back to the office.  But I started wondering why we had them here all day once their work was completed.  So I slowly changed the schedule.

The new rule is, once your job is completed, you can leave.

The new schedule has created better morale.  They now have time to read, go to a meeting, work out, or just take a nap.  When they had to spend eight hours a day here, much of it was spent surfing the internet or hanging out on Facebook once their jobs were completed.

Our new schedule hasn't affected our revenue or productivity. And a comparison of our revenue over the past three years shows that our income in staying level, even though our population has dropped to less than 600, down by 150.

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