Comment on Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lol. This country just voted to move in the opposite direction of this. We voted for less worker rights. Less power for the average person.
At this point, we’ll need to start utilizing our 2nd amendment right if we want to get anything better than what we have. People died to give us the 40 hour work week. Looks like that’s going to have to happen again for any further improvements.
Smarter countries did it without the bloodshed. America isn’t that smart.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
My dipshit coworkers think trump will actually be good for unions. Mfers.
I’d like to add that 32 hour weeks is pretty much purely something that works for white collar work. It’s considerably harder to implement in blue collar settings.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not true. The electricians in my area work 7 hour days and the sheet metal workers get every other Friday off.
CompleteUnknown@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The mental gymnastics required to believe that hurt my brain.
Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
It’s not, really. It would be easy to implement at any company that makes a decent profit margin. Productivity goes up with shorter working hours, anyway.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
That is pretty much entirely untrue with blue collar jobs. I’m working from the start to the end of my shift—working less or more hours as I do depending on the season doesn’t change that. Pace stays about the same.
Slower production isn’t just about profit margins–it’s also about fulfilling your customers needs
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Are y’all in a union? If so, you should see if you and your friends could maybe schedule an appointment with an organizer at your Local, who might be able to walk these chuds through it.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
We are already unionized, which tbh makes it worse.
It’s part of my position as union stewards duty to walk these chuds through it
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Bummer…
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Is the reason it wont work in blue collar settings that it’ll inflate prices of stuff too high? Possible making the country fall back in a global stance on pricing on exports, etc (not conpetitive)?
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Not “won’t work”. Considerably harder. Big difference. There’s companies who have successfully implemented it in blue collar jobs.
But more put simple, it’s that unlike white collar, output has a direct relationship with how many hours are worked, up to probably nearly 50, more or less depending on the job.
So, in practice it turned out that slower service was one of the largest problems with it.
Half of the benefit issue costs would go away with universal healthcare anyways
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
'preciate the edumacation. Definitely sounds like a harder problem to solve, good point on the universal healthcare, I’m sure that could save some money for companies, it’ll make employees happie regardless to not have to worry about paying doctor bills.