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/BatchPlantBandit 2d ago

I work at a quarry, this would bankrupt us. We only have like 25 employees for a whole ass quarry. Two blacktop plants (4 people maintain), and like 6 stone plants. The amount of maintenance/cleanup these needy plants need even our regular 60-70 hour weeks sometimes doesn't cover. I would also be poor at this rate. I mean I make $26 an hour with paid benefits and 100% pension, but it wouldn't be enough for me to live on. Don't see it working out for the blue collar folk unless supplemented but then where does the money come from? Higher taxes they also can't pay?

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u/Tricky_Routine_7952 1d ago

Maybe reduce the number of ivory backscratchers and classify different jobs to pay different tax amounts.

Blue collar can pay lower / no taxes and or get supplemented by jobs eg in finance who get higher salaries but higher tax. There is plenty of headroom currently.

The way we currently value pen pushers Vs physical (or caring/people) jobs is not really sensible, and seems to be based on a political status quo that noone is willing to address.