Company agrees to 4-day week at full pay—worker reveals dramatic result
Company agrees to 4-day week at full pay—worker reveals dramatic result
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Company agrees to 4-day week at full pay—worker reveals dramatic result
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My job does 4.5 days at full pay during summer, and it is so goddamn liberating. I actually have time to do things, I have more energy because I can take extra time to rest after completing my weekend tasks, I can get into doctors without missing work and having to make it up later. Genuinely, fighting for 4 day week, 8 hour days, and full 40 hour pay should be higher on the labor movements priority list, like it was when we won the 40 hour week in the first place.
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The thing is, we aren't dying or getting maimed on a regular basis. We should fight harder, but the average person doesn't have anywhere near the same interest in improving working conditions as people in the start of the twentieth century.
I say this as someone who suggested unionizing at my previous company and there was zero interest. The place where I currently work is unionized, thank goodness.
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Full screen pop up ad after 5 seconds delay? Clickbait ass title? Newsweek is such a joke of a website now lmfao. Their business feels like it's actually just one dude, 30 aliases, and an LLM subscription at this point.
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I currently work 4 ten hours days per week and I couldn't be happier
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Same here. Its my favorite shift I've ever had.
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I feel very lucky to work 4 10 hour days rather than 5 8s. Though, it does often feel like a waste of time when we all spend the last hour and a half taking.
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Just wait until you try 3x12s. I could never go back.
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That sounds horrendous. I'm already NOT productive for a full 8 hour day. Extending that to 12 isn't going to help anyone
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It's really the best. Those three days are completely useless for anything other than work, though.
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Do you have the same load of work with less work time?
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For a lot of these jobs, no one really works for 4 hours non-stop, then lunch, then another 4 hours non-stop. They take breaks, get distracted, play on their phones, chat with coworkers, etc.
People are actually more productive during a shorter work week, so the same amount of work gets done, but psychologically it doesn't seem like more work.
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Stupid click bait title. You won't believe what happens next.
Save me a click
Results were good, morale improved. Dramatic? Yes. Surprising? No.
What happens next?