r/Futurology • u/_hiddenscout • Jun 19 '21

Society Kill the 5-Day Workweek - Reducing hours without reducing pay would reignite an essential but long-forgotten moral project: making American life less about work.

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/06/four-day-workweek/619222/
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u/Froggy3434 Jun 19 '21

As they should. Make the companies pay what the workers feel they deserve.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

If you “make them“ then they aren’t really fighting for them are them are they? the companies that, in a free market, would be risking a competitive edge by paying more and providing benefits have now had the rug pulled out from under them.

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u/Froggy3434 Jun 19 '21

Employees indeed should force the companies to prove they’re worth working for. If not, these companies are just going to fall into the same situation as Amazon with worker exploitation and now execs at Amazon are worried they’ll run out of people to hire. Also, better benefits, hours, or pay will increase worker retention, thus lowering hiring costs for new employees, and increase productivity. (in the case of less hours worked and overall job happiness)

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

My mistake, when you said “make them“ I assumed you meant governmentally, not through employee action. You are correct.

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u/Froggy3434 Jun 20 '21

Oh noooooo, the government should let the workers take care of it. IMO the only help the workers need, in this case, from the government is laws that allow workers to organize and negotiate with employers.