{"id":75475,"date":"2023-06-30T21:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/30\/navy-cancels-plan-to-force-recruiters-to-work-six-days-a-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:46:19","slug":"navy-cancels-plan-to-force-recruiters-to-work-six-days-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/06\/30\/navy-cancels-plan-to-force-recruiters-to-work-six-days-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy cancels plan to force recruiters to work six days a week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy announced Friday that it is halting a plan to force the service\u2019s recruiters to work six days a week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That about-face comes a day after Navy Times reported that the service\u2019s roughly 3,900 recruiters had been told they would have to work an extra day each week starting July 8, as the Navy and other branches grapple with a recruiting crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An email that Rear Adm. Alexis Walker, the head of Navy Recruiting Command, sent to recruiters this week \u2014 obtained by Navy Times \u2014 informed them of the forced extra work time and called it \u201ca warfighting imperative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But late Friday afternoon an admiral above Walker, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman, announced the six-day work week policy would not be going into effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an email accompanying a statement by Cheeseman, Capt. Jodie Cornell, his spokesperson, said \u201cthe Navy is committed to providing a work-life balance for our personnel.\u201d She declined further comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t