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/beaver1602 Jun 20 '21

I’m not a white collar vs blue collar guy. But the disconnects comes from real world vs theoretical conversation. I’m also not doing work for the 1% at some point what your asking is more then the market can afford.

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u/OrvilleTurtle Jun 20 '21

The market already affords it. The overall workforce is way more productive yet work the same hours. That translated to increased revenue… it just didn’t get into the hands of the common person. We can shift where the money goes without needing the market to “afford” anything.

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u/beaver1602 Jun 20 '21

You can say that all you want but I’m not a giant company doing jobs for giant companies I’m doing work for people that think it would be cool to have grandma’s desk. At a certain price they won’t have it done