There is a tendency among Canadian employees to spend more time working in their home and downtown offices — , naughty. It has a nickname.
When given the choice, more hybrid workers stay in soft pants on Mondays and Fridays, and wear suits for the rest of the week.
This new kind of work schedule is very popular and uses rough abbreviations.
This is an acronym, consisting of the first letter of the day these employees are in the office, where becomes a genital slang: TTuesday,Wednesday and TThursday.
Better than WTF (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Using anonymized location data from mobile phones, commercial real estate company Avison Young is downtown Workers in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal are tracking a gradual return.
Over the past five months, traffic in these urban areas was highest on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and lowest on Mondays and Fridays. I did.
A similar pattern was seen in May on public transport in three Canadian cities. In Toronto, the average subway ride was 663,000 on Monday, compared to 751,000 on Thursday.
Also, in May, take the Toronto subway from Bloor-Yonge station to the center of the downtown on Mondays and Fridays, compared to Wednesdays and Thursdays. The number of passengers traveling south to is significantly reduced.
Bus and train riders leave downtown Vancouver between 3 pm . And at 6 pm TransLink figures peak at in the middle of the week and drop off on Mondays and Fridays.
Calgary bus passenger numbers have a similar pattern, peaking in the middle of the week and declining on Mondays and Fridays, according to city figures.
TW-T Workers mean coffee sales are declining
more employees set their own schedule Some companies that rely on office workers feel a pinch because they work from home on Mondays and Fridays — Cecile Lau's coffee kiosk within a network of downtown Calgary sideways.
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" Last month, half of Monday and Friday were mid-week — sales compared to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. " "It seems to be up and running for 4 days. But it costs money on the 5th day. Because even if it's late, we need to have staff here."
Caffeine suppliers said they were less likely to offer corporate lunch on Mondays and Fridays. Two lean years of pandemic restrictions and office closures have passed .
Lau wants the TW-T crowd to return to the MTWTF crowd.
She said it would be much better for all customers to come back to CBC Radio's living expenses , see each other's smiles, and meet in person. Said. She also makes it easier for her to enjoy the benefits of enjoying coffee directly instead of video hangouts.
"Smell the scent," Lau said.
Pants preferred on Mondays and Fridays: Survey
From April 11th to May 2nd, 2022, the Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC) will work with riders. We investigated the intent of migrating from. From his home to a full-time hybrid arrangement.
When asked when riders prefer to work from home, the majority of the surveyed responded on Friday, followed by Monday. Wednesdays and Thursdays fall below Mondays and Fridays, and the least popular day to work from home is Tuesdays.
A manager at the Business Development Bank of Canada, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not allowed to speak for his employer, said that almost everyone on his team was Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday . He said he was following work-a schedule from home.
"After the weekend, you can relax and fall asleep, and on Friday, quit your job and enjoy the weekend," he told his living expenses. ..
"Reliable environment" can work for Employers such as TW-T
software company Wave Financial Even though employees make their weeks (and weekends) easier by working from home on Mondays and Fridays, it's because they
A reliable environment. " Ashira Gobrin, the company's chief personnel and cultural officer, is from his home in Toronto. "Prove that everyone can work productively at home."
Wave Financial Approximately 350 employees across North America. For the Befo pandemic, those workers went to their office every day. But since then, the company has taken a hybrid approach.
"I don't want to tell people that I need to come back lately or at this time. I want people to maintain and be able to enjoy the flexibility they've enjoyed so far. Which space Take ownership of what is best for their job, "said the goblins.
According to Cissy Pau, Chief Consultant for ClearHR Consulting in Vancouver, hybrid work is now a reality for many companies.
In Poe's view, managers who require workers to return to the office on certain days are now faced with labor shortages in some sectors and many employees. You need to be prepared to lose your staff. Please bring your card.
"I don't. I think some employees say it doesn't work in my life.'" Said Po.
"They had two years of flexibility in And ... employees can vote on their own feet and can walk because they are so lacking in talent. You can. "