Why don’t you think working less hours (assuming that the same amount of work gets completed in the same time frame) couldn’t work?
The biggest issues I see with it are for things where jobs that are restricted by physical limitations (manual labor, construction, etc) wouldn’t be able to follow the same reduction in working hours, but beyond that, many jobs could likely benefit from it.
The other way it could be achieved is paying people more per hour of time worked whilst having people working less hours but also increasing amount of people working on a job, which would result in more people being employed and likely an increase in productivity.
We have a higher efficiency in output of work per hour nowadays than we did 50 years ago, yet we work longer hours for less compensation than we did then, IIRC
I work for a public body in Scotland, we’re currently on 37.5 hrs weekly, annualised, and come April we’re moving to 35 hrs weekly, annualised. We’re in winter hours so I work 7.5 hrs a day including breaks, and only 4 days a week. I’m a Stone Mason, so manual labour, summer hours are longer and 5 days a week to be able to effectively use the good weather and longer days, but I’m salaried, so my wages stay the same regardless of what the work schedule is. I’d happily move to a 30 hrs work week, and do like 45 in the summer months, and 15 or 20 in the winter, there’s sweet fk all to do when it’s pishen of rain and cold af anyway.
Sure, you can live in the fantasy world, when you stop being a dick.
I obviously know that my suggestion would completely change the civilization as we know it.
No large hollidays, no actual weekend, lost social life with those who work the oposite schedule, vacation/event planning would be an absolute mess.
Coordinating with other companies/countries that don’t use this system would be an absolute nightmare.
Converting the entire world is practically impossible.
But the concept is interesting, imagine a world with no company downtime, you need to go to the bank? Ok just go when you are have a free day, there are no special open hours just because it is your weekend, all shops are open as normal, no need to wait untill 10 to get what you need, or reversely, you can get stuff you need in the evenings, stores doesn’t close early just because you are off work.
That would also mean that people have more time to practice their hobbies, giving them an incentive to buy more equipment for said hobby, meaning more income for companies, add to that that you have more people doing the job, so that makes even more consumers the companies can profit off of.
It is an interesting, if practically impossible concept.
Covid changed where we worked, not when, which is a far larger change, especially to get sll companies and governments to agree to the change.
While the rich guys at the top does have plenty of power, this concept that I presented would change the entire culture of the world, and will probably show to be wildly impopular among the working class as well as the rich guys at the top.
Can I live in your fantasy world? I don’t want to work as much but I also know there is no simple solution.
Why don’t you think working less hours (assuming that the same amount of work gets completed in the same time frame) couldn’t work?
The biggest issues I see with it are for things where jobs that are restricted by physical limitations (manual labor, construction, etc) wouldn’t be able to follow the same reduction in working hours, but beyond that, many jobs could likely benefit from it.
The other way it could be achieved is paying people more per hour of time worked whilst having people working less hours but also increasing amount of people working on a job, which would result in more people being employed and likely an increase in productivity.
We have a higher efficiency in output of work per hour nowadays than we did 50 years ago, yet we work longer hours for less compensation than we did then, IIRC
I work for a public body in Scotland, we’re currently on 37.5 hrs weekly, annualised, and come April we’re moving to 35 hrs weekly, annualised. We’re in winter hours so I work 7.5 hrs a day including breaks, and only 4 days a week. I’m a Stone Mason, so manual labour, summer hours are longer and 5 days a week to be able to effectively use the good weather and longer days, but I’m salaried, so my wages stay the same regardless of what the work schedule is. I’d happily move to a 30 hrs work week, and do like 45 in the summer months, and 15 or 20 in the winter, there’s sweet fk all to do when it’s pishen of rain and cold af anyway.
Sure, you can live in the fantasy world, when you stop being a dick.
I obviously know that my suggestion would completely change the civilization as we know it.
No large hollidays, no actual weekend, lost social life with those who work the oposite schedule, vacation/event planning would be an absolute mess.
Coordinating with other companies/countries that don’t use this system would be an absolute nightmare.
Converting the entire world is practically impossible.
But the concept is interesting, imagine a world with no company downtime, you need to go to the bank? Ok just go when you are have a free day, there are no special open hours just because it is your weekend, all shops are open as normal, no need to wait untill 10 to get what you need, or reversely, you can get stuff you need in the evenings, stores doesn’t close early just because you are off work.
That would also mean that people have more time to practice their hobbies, giving them an incentive to buy more equipment for said hobby, meaning more income for companies, add to that that you have more people doing the job, so that makes even more consumers the companies can profit off of.
It is an interesting, if practically impossible concept.
I disagree, COVID got a lot of the world to stay indoors. So it’s totally possible, it’s just that the higher ups don’t want to do it so they won’t.
We as a species could achieve all sorts of it wasn’t for the rich removed at the top stopping it.
Covid changed where we worked, not when, which is a far larger change, especially to get sll companies and governments to agree to the change.
While the rich guys at the top does have plenty of power, this concept that I presented would change the entire culture of the world, and will probably show to be wildly impopular among the working class as well as the rich guys at the top.
You’re a bit up yourself aren’t you? I don’t work behind a desk like you and it didn’t change where I work at all. Get over yourself.
Wow, projecting hard are we?