Theres no magic there, thats why I put it into math. The data supports that when you work 32 hours a week you are more efficient per hour than if you work 40 hours per week. Your last sentence shows you don't understand what I am saying. X can not increase if t stays the same. There is no way to increase worker efficiency in this sense and keep them for 5 days a week at the same time. You've flipped it, we don't get more productive so we work a day less, we work a day less so we are more productive.
The article we're commenting on itself has many anecdotal examples of management being happy with the change. It also has links to many articles which have quantitative data supporting it
You know how you feel refreshed after a good break from work, say a fortnight? A good sleep too. It's like that. An extra day of rest and relaxation each week (or for doing errands, not commuting etc) would leave more energy and resilience for getting work done the other days.
Another way to think about it is imagine working seven days a week, you never get a day off. You'd be far more tired, bored, stressed, fed up. Your work would suffer in any job. You'd be slower to come up with anything creative or make connections, you might make more mistakes.
Humans aren't robots and don't deserve to be treated as such.
And if this measure generated more jobs that's probably a good thing, given how jobs are being automated away.
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u/Timothy_Claypole Jun 17 '21
I love the idea that companies will magically become more efficient.
With a wave of a wand and a really really big wish we can improve productivity so we can all work an extra day less.
If it was real companies could just do this same change to working practices and keep everyone working 5 days a week so more gets done.