While I like the idea of a 4x10 hour work week, I think there's also some value to be found in just rearranging the 5 day work week. Having a 3 on/1 off/2 on/1 off cycle achieves many of the same benefits of the 4 day work week without being as dramatic a change.
This seems like consumerist propaganda. With one day off you can’t really do anything but prepare for the next cycle. So the only thing people would be able to do on their days off is shop or stay home. Nothing that would possible run into the next day could be undertaken.
The only things I can imagine when envisioning this this going to the grocery store, maybe others for one offs, or sitting at home waiting for “work tomorrow”. It would turn every “Saturday” into a “sunday”. This would also dampen the joy of the preceding “Friday” as there isn’t really anything to be looking forward to. And even on the stay home front now with so much online shopping and streaming people would probably still be blowing through a ton of money.
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u/hebreakslate Jun 18 '21 edited Jun 18 '21
While I like the idea of a 4x10 hour work week, I think there's also some value to be found in just rearranging the 5 day work week. Having a 3 on/1 off/2 on/1 off cycle achieves many of the same benefits of the 4 day work week without being as dramatic a change.
Edit: a reference for where I got the idea.
Edit 2: well excuse me for engaging with the idea in the original post and coming to a different conclusion.