Comment on Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay
nucleative@lemmy.world 9 months agoI was with you until:
And personally I’d say 35hr week is a better idea - as in 5 days of 7hrs .
I think the idea is to free up an entire extra day, allowing travel, an extra day to run errands, etc. For many, there is basically no difference between working 8 hours or working 7 if they still have to commute, get dressed and get their brain wrapped around whatever is going on in work mode.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
Yes, with 4 days, 8 hours the idea is what you described.
With 5 days, 7 hours the idea is that you don’t work effectively anyway in the last 1-2 hours, not doing many useful things, adding to depression and also obviously still using that time, so it’s better to get some rest or social activity or take a walk instead.
nucleative@lemmy.world 9 months ago
True… realistically knowledge workers are only productive for a few hours at a time. The rest of an 8 hr+ day is just wasted pretending to be busy.
Getting them out of the work environment gives a good chance to reboot and come back fresh.