Huntsman, trailed by a herd of reporters and photographers, asked employees - who started Monday working four, 10-hour days and are off Friday - how they've adapted. Feedback was mostly positive, although several workers said they have had to shuffle schedules to care for their children.

"We're the first large organization, certainly the first state to do anything like this," Huntsman said, "and when you're the first out of the chute, you're going to be the first to encounter some of the road bumps along the way."

Goals of the new schedule, the governor said, are to conserve energy, reduce commuting costs and improve morale.

The public appears to be a little slow catching on.

Workers at the windows that take business filings said they saw only a handful of people come in during the extended hours Monday and Tuesday.

"[One man] was ecstatic," said Jackie Betts, who works one window. "He came in just because he knew we were open longer."

Commerce employee Neena Bowen, who drives in from Tooele every day, spending about $60 a week on gas, said "it's wonderful" to cut out her Friday commute, saving time and money.

Russ Sommers, who lives in Layton, likes that aspect, too, but was not thrilled getting home so late after a 10-hour workday and long commute.

For Marcia Corak, the new schedule means she can drive her 86-year-old mother to doctor appointments on Fridays, rather than trying to get time off during the week.

"Right now, it's great," said Kim Quach, "until the 25th when [my daughter] goes back to school."

Then Quach will have to start taking a half-hour of her annual leave every day so she can get her daughter to school.

Carolyn Dennis started getting her 5-year-old son up earlier two weeks ago so he could get used to the new schedule.

He goes to a day care for children of state employees that stretched its hours to match the new workweek. On Friday, she said, they plan to use the new day off to go to the planetarium.

gehrke@sltrib.com

S. Jordan DMV office Draper-bound

* The Utah Division of Motor Vehicles is closing its South Jordan office later this month and moving its operations to a new one in Draper.

* The South Jordan office, 10433 S. Redwood Road (1700 West), is scheduled to close Aug. 14, and the new Draper branch will open Aug. 18 at 14555 S. Minuteman Drive (50 East).

* The new office will provide vehicle registration and driver-license services. It also will have drive-through service for vehicle-registration renewals, and will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday.