By: Caulen Kress
September 28, 2009 06:56 AM

After much discussion and research, the 400lb offices begin a four-day workweek today. Besides the obvious (3 day weekend!), we will be saving money on energy consumption - no small thing these days. The extra time in the office each day will also benefit our clients. 

While doing research, we found out that state workers in Utah went to a four-day workweek last summer. A year later and 70% of those surveyed said the prefer the shorter week. Judging by everyones reaction to the decision here, I doubt that we'll be at less than 100% next year... here's hoping at least! Utah had an eye for energy savings as well, and while they have yet to reach their desired cut of 20% (they are at 13% now), figuring out how to turn off their massive heating and cooling machines on Fridays are mostly to blame. Even I know how to turn off our A/C, so I think we'll be fine there.

You might be wondering what we will do in case of emergency on Fridays. Well, dear reader (hi mom!), we are creating a "Friday form" on our website (and given to our clients) which will be sent directly to our cell phones/email/twitter/younameit so that we can take care of it as soon as possible.

How do I plan on spending my extra weekend day now, you ask? Probably more of this (see earlier blog posts re: new house):