Whether or not all parts of Guangxi should implement the "nine-to-five" work system has always been the focus of public attention. On May 8, the Fifth Session of the Eleventh CPPCC Nanning Municipal Committee was held in Nanning, and Du Cheng and 38 other CPPCC members jointly proposed the implementation of the "nine-to-five" work system in Nanning organs and some enterprises and institutions. The South China Morning Post client reporter learned that there are words to say about "nine to five" or "eight to six".
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Viewpoint 1 "Eight to Six" is more in line with Southern living habits
"Napping is the habit of most southerners, not sleeping at noon, collapsing in the afternoon." Mr. Ye works for an architectural design company in Nanning, which implements a "nine-to-six" work system. "In the office lunch break can only lie on the desk to take a nap, my home is not far from the unit, lunch break for 3 hours, go home for a nap and then go to work, more than enough time."
Mr. Zhang, a civil servant, also agreed with the "eight-to-six" working hours. Mr. Zhang said that in order to facilitate the handling of affairs for the masses, many window units in Nanning City have implemented the "nine-to-five" work system and provided services at noon. Working in the "eight to six" unit, there is a 3-hour break at noon, and I can handle some private business without affecting my normal work. If everyone's working hours have become "nine to five", and you want to go to banks, government affairs centers, etc., a lunch break of 1 hour is not enough.
Viewpoint 2 "Nine to Five" allows for more private time
"The two-child families I know all yearn for 'nine to five.'" Ms. Fang, who lives in Nanning's Fengling Mountain Yucheng Community, said she and her husband were dual workers at a state-owned enterprise. Ms. Fang said that her working hours are "eight to six", while the primary and secondary schools and kindergartens are mostly concentrated around 8 a.m., and the school time is around 5 p.m., and picking up and dropping off children has become a worry, "Now it is difficult to ask for a nanny during the epidemic, if there is no elderly person at home to help, I don't know what to do." ”
Ms. Lei works in a state-owned enterprise. She spends 1 to 1.5 hours a day commuting one way, and can only rest in the office at noon. But because people are in the office, the leader will give some "extra tasks" from time to time, and it will become "passive overtime time" at noon.
Not only that, Ms. Lei came home from work every night close to 7:30 p.m., and the farmers market was mostly closed. To this end, she had to develop the habit of buying enough ingredients for the week on Sunday, and the children's dinner time became late. Every day, after the whole family finishes eating, washing and brushing for a while, it is 11 o'clock in the evening, and she does not have much time to spend with her family.
Ms. Lei said that there are many colleagues around her who are similar to her situation, and everyone hopes to implement the "nine-to-five" work system.
It is proposed to shorten the lunch break by two hours and reduce energy consumption by 1/5
Over the past few years, during the two sessions of the autonomous region and Nanning City, relevant proposals and suggestions have successively called for the implementation of the "nine-to-five" system. The government said the time was not yet ripe.
Du Cheng, a member of the Nanning Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, believes that with the development of the city, it is feasible to reform the current "eight-to-six" work system. The implementation of the "nine to five" work system is not only conducive to alleviating the contradiction between commuters picking up and dropping off children to and from school and going to work normally, but also allowing everyone to have more time and energy to accompany their families, and the time for going out at night and spending has also become generous, which is conducive to boosting the night economy development of Nanning.
The proposal proposes that Nanning belongs to a subtropical climate and the temperature is generally high, so the use rate of air conditioning is high. According to the current working system, the working time is 7 hours a day, the lunch break time is 3 hours, because the size of the city is getting larger, most office workers choose to rest in the unit at noon, and the time in the unit is as long as 10 hours in a day. For example, the implementation of the "nine-to-five" work system, the daily working time is still 7 hours, the lunch break time is shortened to 1 hour, and the unit time in a day is 8 hours, which reduces the per capita operating time of organ air conditioners and other electrical appliances of 2 hours/ day. Through such a system adjustment alone, the energy consumption of government agencies and institutions can be reduced by 1/5.
The proposal proposes that the central state organs and the coastal developed cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Jiangsu and Zhejiang should implement the "nine-to-five" work system. For example, Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, also implements this work system, which can better connect with the working hours of central and state organs, which is conducive to improving work efficiency.
Experts adjust their working hours simultaneously to maximize efficiency
Zhang Jiashou, a consulting expert of the Nanning Expert Advisory Committee and executive vice president of the "Belt and Road" Research Institute of Guangxi Administrative College, believes that what kind of work system to implement cannot be generalized, and it is necessary to proceed from reality and comprehensively consider the situation in all aspects. As a capital city, Nanning can achieve a double improvement in economic efficiency and social efficiency with the improvement of the business environment and other conditions, such as appropriate adjustment of working hours.
Yao Hua, director of the Institute of Sociology of the Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences, also believes that with the acceleration of the pace of work and life in the city, the implementation of the "nine to five" can make the working time more compact and the social operation more efficient.
However, Yao Hua also said that due to the living habits in the south and the inertia of the working habits of some cities, if the implementation of the "nine to five" will definitely require a long period of adaptation time. He suggested that if the "nine-to-five" is implemented, all units and departments should be carried out simultaneously, otherwise it may be possible that the interdepartmental time "bite" is not good, but it will reduce the efficiency of social operation. Assuming that the government departments at the district and municipal levels implement the "nine-to-five" system, but the township level is still based on the "eight-to-six", it is possible that when one side of the staff submits materials and consults business during working hours, the other side of the government department staff has left work, and the business that could have been handled on the same day can only be postponed to the next day. If there is a disconnect between departments and cities, it is difficult to avoid a decrease in efficiency. Therefore, the "nine-to-five" cannot be implemented by just one department or one city, and it is recommended to adjust from top to bottom, from the autonomous region to the cities to the townships and departments together, in order to maximize efficiency.
Questionnaire small survey
More than 70% of respondents are in favor of "9 to 5" On May 8, the Southern Morning Post launched a small questionnaire survey on the official WeChat public account " whether you approve of '9 to 5'" As of 7:30 p.m. that night, a total of 6,319 readers had participated in the survey, and more than 70 percent were in favor of "nine to five." (Voting link)
Editor 丨 Chu Ruiyi
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