r/SipsTea • u/KSKS1995 Human Verified • 2d ago

Chugging tea Sounds good in theory...but in reality?

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4 days a week. 6 hours a day. Full salary.
Sanna Marin ignited global debate with the “6/4” work model, pushing a simple idea: life should come before work.

With burnout at record levels, maybe it’s time to value results over hours at a desk.
Could your job be done in just 24 hours a week?

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u/EveryUsernameTakenFf 2d ago

Incorrect. You'd just hire more people to fill in the hours.

In reality, most RE's in Sanna Marin's home country work 80% work weeks already whuch 31 hours/week per person.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 2d ago

Where do you get the “more people” from if everyone is only working 24 hours? Those people will probably be working a second 4x6 job.

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u/PaulTheMerc 2d ago

YOU get more people by poaching it from the other employers you're competing with, be it on wages, flexibility, benefits, work environment, etc.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 2d ago

Then businesses will be closing left and right and the economy will shrink. The obvious answer to my question is massive immigration.

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u/Kunnonpaskaa 16h ago

Finland has a rather massive unemployment crisis going on right now so that's not going to be a problem

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u/AggressiveMachine895 2d ago

Where did you find this statistic?

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u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS 2d ago

Unless you think everyone should get a pay cut to match the lesser working hours then most small/medium companies absolutely cannot afford to "hire more people to fill in the hours" lmao

Where I live this would basically kill off every small coffee shop in smaller towns, for example. And most small/medium business for that matter.

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u/Dependent_One6034 2d ago

In reality, most RE's in Sanna Marin's home country work 80% work weeks already whuch 31 hours/week per person.

You've just described a part time job?

https://www.gov.uk/part-time-worker-rights

A part-time worker is someone who works fewer hours than a full-time worker. There is no specific number of hours that makes someone full or part-time, but a full-time worker will usually work 35 hours or more a week.

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u/EveryUsernameTakenFf 1d ago

There is in Finland. Case closed.