gpt summary South Cambridgeshire District Council's trial of a four-day workweek for full pay, which began in 2023, has drawn criticism after an independent report revealed that 16% of staff engage in second jobs on their extra day off. Critics argue this undermines the trial's purpose of allowing employees to "recover and re-energize" and raises concerns about taxpayers subsidizing staff with external employment. The trial, initially praised for boosting employee happiness and maintaining service levels, has faced scrutiny from government officials and taxpayers for perceived inefficiency and poor value for money. A motion has been proposed to implement stricter monitoring of staff activities, prohibit conflicts of interest, and address concerns about council resources. Despite criticism and calls to end the program, the council has continued the experiment, maintaining that certain roles, like waste workers, traditionally involve secondary employment.

kind of annoying, but not surprising, the useless Government Slug class making a mockery of us all