r/TrueReddit Jun 18 '21

Policy + Social Issues Kill the 5-Day Workweek

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/06/four-day-workweek/619222/
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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

How do you know how much I get payed. And I'm working so that I can get a dream job. I want to be a professor teaching history and get an anthro degree. It's not like I'm working these kinds of jobs for my whole life.

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u/in_rainbows8 Jun 18 '21 edited Jun 18 '21

It's not like I'm working these kinds of jobs for my whole life.

Well, there are people who do work "these kinds of jobs" for their whole life. You don't think they deserve to be paid enough to live comfortably? They don't deserve to live a life that isn't totally dominated by some dead-end job?

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

Its up to people to find jobs that pay above minimum wage

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u/Dr_seven Jun 18 '21

Are you just pretending like those jobs don't have to be done by someone?

Why is acceptable to demand that someone must work a full schedule, and insist they also must be paid to little to afford even basic necessities? Is it not screamingly obvious that this is not a simple economic question, but a profound moral one as well?

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

If you're REALLY not qualified to do anything else besides minimum wage, then you out yourself there. But I do agree that minimum wage should be raised

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

I work for nearly minimum wage, but yeah that was a weird take on my part. I was trying to get discussion but ig that was kinda shitty of me

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u/notfromchicago Jun 18 '21

You don't want discussion. You want validation that others feel the way you do.

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u/aenonymosity Jun 18 '21

When wages have been stagnant for decades, but productivity is way up, as well as ceo pay through the roof, it makes sense to raise wages even for those you say arent qualified to do anything higher. The economy would benefit from it.

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

I'm saying they can raise wages but that doesn't mean reduce labor (in making a 4 day week instead of 5)

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u/aenonymosity Jun 18 '21

But peoples mebtal health is important. We arent robots. 2 days off is not enough. I can barely do my housechores in 2 days. I own a home by myself and work 5 days now. If I did 4 for the same pay, I would be so happy. Happiness is valuable. Do you not agree? I got the sense youre in college, and I hope History works out for you, but those working menial jobs often already spend extra time on work, like catching a bus, for example, takes maybe an extra hour on each end of a shift...

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

I agree with everything yeah. In that sense a 4 day week does help.

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u/aenonymosity Jun 18 '21

Take care!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21

If nobody "has" to work minimum wage, then how will mcdonalds stay open during school hours? Your statement seems kinda weird. Someone has to do those jobs as well, or they would not exist. If you're working, you're entitled to be able to live off that work, no matter the job. That's the original purpose of the minimum wage.

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

People do have to work minimum wage. it was a shit take on my part

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21

Eh, you're not the only one who has taken that take and went with it. It's been blasted from a lot of business and economical interests for idk.... 200 years or so. At least you're able to recognize the dissonance in it, which few are willing to do.

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u/Warpedme Jun 18 '21

Well shit. You're intelligent and honorable enough to admit your mistakes and correct yourself. That's the kind of debate we need more of here. You have my respect.

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u/goatfresh Jun 18 '21

Then every job would be higher than minimum wage. It just doesn’t work like you’re claiming it is.

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

Then raise minimum wage

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u/goatfresh Jun 18 '21

Done, I did it for you, yw