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zestyintestine t1_j2wnw11 wrote

Ah, if only the 4-hour workday became true.

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Angdrambor t1_j2xg0sc wrote

Our tech and insanely high individual productivity supports the idea, but lots of jobs require continuity.

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[deleted] t1_j2ynw5d wrote

The board of directors require bonuses, as well. Those yachts won’t pay for themselves.

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Angdrambor t1_j2yp98q wrote

This is the real reason we haven't seen a 20 hr workweek.

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License2grill t1_j2z78xx wrote

I mean that increased productivity and profitability has to go somewhere! And we know that’s not to the people actually generating that profit 😂

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Soulfighter56 t1_j2xl4j3 wrote

My job could be done in 4 hours a day if the regulations were lessened a little bit. We have a strict 24-hour turn-around-time limit, but if it were 36-hour then I could go in once a day and do everything from the last 24-hours all at once. Instead I work 4 10s and have a lot of down-time.

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eeyore134 t1_j2xtk9w wrote

It could, but instead we've decided to go with the bleed as few workers dry as much as possible while paying them as little as possible to keep the people at the top hoarding as much money as possible approach instead.

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aharryh t1_j2zrw7c wrote

"the time is coming when there will be no long drudgery and that people will toil not more than four hours a day, owing to the work of electricity,"

If you take the work/job out it, it's pretty much true, compared to 100 years ago, cooking, cleaning, and chores all done manually. Today electricity does all the work, we just load/unload and push things around.

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jasperis145 t1_j2yaaa9 wrote

In most developed countries, work hours have drastically decreased.

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MaygarRodub t1_j2x0u56 wrote

... then we'd all be alcoholics.

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Davidreddit7 t1_j2xa216 wrote

some people have hobbies...

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freeeeels t1_j2xkvcg wrote

Thankfully my alcoholism doubles as a hobby.

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MaygarRodub t1_j2xcaco wrote

I literally just read an article on Reddit (I'll see if I can find it) that says fewer working hours leads to more alcohol consumption. Obviously this would not be the case for everyone, though. But it was a tongue-in-cheek comment.

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ProfessionalBee4468 t1_j2xjwua wrote

Fewer work hours would just allow me more time for my hobbies but I do admit that with enough downtime I’d fit some alcohol in eventually. :)

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