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Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it's 'here to stay.' (news.yahoo.com)
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Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it's 'here to stay.'::The latest data shows that workers and companies prosper under a four-day workweek. Rep. Mark Takano wants to make it law.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The major problem is to overcome the "More work hours = more production" mindset. In subdeveloped worlds, this is so engraved in society that news like that seems "communist propaganda"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The problem is separating out the work that does rely on hours worked vs ones that don't.

Running a stamping machine? Yeah, your run time is going to be pretty much proportional to your output.

Working a desk job doing research and generating reports? The better you are at it, the more you can do, and eventually you just outrun the workload. Then you shit twiddling your thumbs for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This. It almost only applies to desk jobs. Production workers can’t just work a day less and keep the same output, and if they can’t do it, people like me who are responsible for keeping the production running as part of their job(electrician in my case) also can’t work a day less.

If companies wanted to do this, they’d have to hire more workers to give everyone a 4 day week. But all this would do is create more costs for the company