Six-day working week

Six-day working week

From Pikiran Rakyat

I admire Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi's
reinstatement of the six-day working week because he is one of
the rare breed of courageous and sportsmanlike people who has
admitted the failure of a policy, in this case the five-day
working week.

As a former civil servant I concur with the view that
productivity tends to decline in a longer working day. When still
in service I used to do overtime in the late afternoon but the
enthusiasm for it was often at a low level.

May there be other Silalahis in the future who will be as
plucky and concede failure if any of their policies do not
succeed.

MURIADI MUHAMAD

Bandung, West Java