eli5: How do trash companies manage to keep up with holiday schedules and complete the same workload in a shorter workweek?

Question

Why not just always work the 4-day workweek if they can get the same work done in less time as they often do after holidays like Memorial Day?

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Answer 1

In my city, they don’t normally have trash pickup on Monday. So that alone eliminates a few holidays. Then they move everything over one day for holidays and pick up trash on Monday to make it up.

For example, my trash is picked up Friday. But the Friday after Thanksgiving, they run their Thursday route. Then pick up my trash on Monday.