Comment on Push For A 4-Day Work Week Picks Up Steam — And Critics
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year agoIf a ton of people take the 10x4 schedule, then there will just be a new rush hour. And the problem is working 10 hours a day, not working 4 days a week. This isn’t the 19th century. The idea that we even need to work 40 hours a week is playing into the hands of the capitalist oligarchs. They want you to be happy dong 10x4 and not, for example, 8x4 or 6x5. They think the more you work, the more productive you are when that’s utter bullshit and it just wears people out.
just_change_it@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If there was a universal “Friday off for everyone” this could be possible but Saturdays and Sundays are work days for a big portion of people. I don’t think it could ever happen, instead you’d just have schedules with coverage. Billy gets Monday off, Sally gets Tuesday off, etc etc.
I don’t disagree that many jobs could easily be part time to the tune of 20hours/week or even less and be fine but if you’re in any kind of critical role - take almost any job that was in person throughout the pandemic - there’s just no way to not staff people during those hours.
If the idea of happy employees working short shifts or fewer days paid off for companies they would do it because money is #1. I don’t want to kid anyone. The benefit here is employees at effectively no benefit to the employers, so they have zero incentive to do it even if it doesn’t help them whatsoever. Already it’s nearly impossible to accurately gauge performance in countless roles but the idea that an ass isn’t in a chair is a hard habit to break for some people, my boss included.