I think each company has to do what’s best for them.
I mainly work in sales and a four day work week wouldn’t interest me. It’d impact my sales.
I work 5-6 days a week 2-3 hours per day.
When you let “each company do what’s best for them” we get mining companies hiring pinkerton to murder miners. We get Triangle Shirtwaist. We get Bhopal.
We need the force of law behind things like this, or we get fucked by greed, every single time. You do what’s best for you, but corporations need laws.
I am not sure how you got murdering people from what I said.
I don’t want a law pushing four day work weeks. Doesn’t interest me. I’m fine with each company picking the schedule they want to offer.
OK. And what I’m telling you is that without a law, it won’t happen.
How did I get from here to there? The 5-day work week literally saved lives. Saved peoples’ bodies. Extended lifespans. Gave children back their parents. I don’t think a single labor regulation has ever protected workers as much as the 5-day week.
The 4-day week would take it further. It’s worth doing, and it will not happen if we let every corporation decide for themselves.
I agree. The government should not get in the way of companies - no matter what.
I think the thing is you are already working less than a 4 day week (32 hr … ) your doing 18 at most so I don’t think you really can comment on this one …
Do it for hourly people or give the choice to allow workers to do five. For many jobs it would just mean people working more hours per day to keep up with the volume.
That’s the ponit same pay as 40 hr for 32 hr. . Better work/life balanced. I know it will not matter to you as you pick your hrs but there are a ton of people that are not that lucky… if they whant to work 40 nothing is stopping them the company will just have to pay 8hrs of overtime.
The answer is more workers…
Did ChatGPT write the title?
Apparently worked in England:
NGL - I wouldn’t mind having Wednesdays off.
Never working more than 2 days in a row, one day during the week to get stuff done, a proper weekend to relax.
Seems like a win/win.
I’ve been thinking about working Mon-Thu and Tue-Fri on alternate weeks so that every other weekend would be four days long. I think it would be better for me personally.
thats more or less what one of my coworkers does. the advantage is that after coming off a day off, people are more refreshed, rather than working all the days straight and slowing down as you approach the weekend.
it sucks of course for vacation planning (less flexible) but its definitely better for mental/physical stress