[My Work] The trend of "shorter hours" is spreading at government office counters nationwide (especially in the Tohoku region) [HR Work / Work Style Reform]

The movement to shorten counter service hours is spreading at city halls and town/village offices across the country.

I read this news.

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Looking only at the title,

some people might feel that this will cause disadvantages for users (residents),

but within this news, it also states,

Since this current situation is also written, I think people will be convinced once they hear this.

I think all working adults will understand, but

in many industries, people 'perform other tasks such as document preparation' before and after 'the time spent dealing with customers'.

Therefore, just because the counter is closed does not mean that public servants are slacking off.

Because of this decision, counter hours will be shortened, so there is no doubt that it will cause some inconvenience to citizens.

However, if it is 'from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM,' there is a certain amount of time in both the morning and afternoon, so I think it will be easy for visitors to manage.

Also, the city states that 'if procedures or consultations accepted within the time frame are not finished, we will continue to handle them even after the time has passed,' and private companies should also establish systems such as 'special leave (special break) for employees to carry out procedures at government offices'.

It is strange to say that public servants working there are an exception when the national government and government offices are promoting work style reform.

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Furthermore, this trend is progressing even further in the Tohoku region,

Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, reduced hours by 90 minutes starting last January
Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, reduced hours by 60 minutes starting this May

This is the current situation. Furthermore, within Miyagi Prefecture,

Osaki City will reduce hours by 90 minutes starting this December, changing from 8:30-5:15 to 8:45-4:00
Tagajo City plans to revise hours to 9:00-4:30 starting next January, a reduction of 75 minutes

it seems.

Post offices have started taking longer lunch breaks, and I think this trend will continue in many regions and government offices.

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In the past, every time an article like this appeared,

Since public servants are paid from citizens' taxes, I want them to work more

there were many opposing opinions like this, but I am happy that they seem to have decreased significantly recently.

Because it is XX, that is only natural.

In the case of opinions like this, it is almost always a case of one side imposing their 'natural' (common sense) view while the other side suffers a disadvantage.

The 'work style reform' currently being promoted will also lead to a true transformation in how we work by gradually changing these kinds of ideas.

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