112 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 30 May \ parent \ on: The "New" 9 to 5 alter_native
The 40 hour work week was kind of a creature of inertia.
For decades prior, the work week was getting shorter and it just sort of stagnated on 40.
Rising wages probably would have kept shrinking the workweek, if not for a bunch of arbitrary labor regulations.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 30 May
Ireland experimented with a 4-day workweek and found that productivity actually improved for some professions. I hope that this trend will spread
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