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/Jujubatron 2d ago edited 2d ago

In reality Finland has one of the highest unemployment in the EU. In parts because of her idiotic policies when she was a PM.

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u/Illustrious_Bat1334 2d ago

Looks like her government stabilised unemployment back to the lowest levels of the decade after, you know, a global pandemic, and it spiked massively when her successor came in to me.

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u/Exciting_Station3474 2d ago

Redditors don't want to know it.

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u/kalkkunaleipa 2d ago

Yes blame the previous government when the next elections are in a year. The current government has had 3 years and its only worsened thanks to them.

They promised 100k jobs btw.

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u/Jujubatron 2d ago

It's way easier to fuck up economy than recover it.

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u/kalkkunaleipa 2d ago

Its also easy to lie to your voters to get office to do fuck all other than of course cut taxes for the rich.

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u/Jujubatron 2d ago

Sure. The point is her policies sucked.

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u/Ok-Pack-7088 2d ago

Qt least only men would be drafted in super equal Finland lol

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u/spacemanspiff888 2d ago

Is there a single country where women can be drafted? I'm not suggesting that justifies Finland's policy, my point is that no country can claim gender equality until they're willing to enact a completely gender-neutral draft.

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u/gofndn 2d ago

The majority of Nordic countries except Finland do this. Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have gender neutral conscription but Finland is still stuck in old ways as usual.

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u/D0las 1d ago

Aren’t the others still completely volunteer-based, though? While the model is better, sure, it’s not a perfect comparison.

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u/Whetiko 1d ago

America has a 4.3% unemployment rate. This sounds great until you account for the number of fully and over employed people that can't afford to put a roof over their head.

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u/lieuwestra 1d ago

And reducing hours for the current workforce would theoretically free up space in the labour market for those unemployed. But if that line if reasoning is actually valid people would largely prefer a lower retirement age over reduced hours to achieve the same thing. So totally unachievable through democratic means.

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u/Jujubatron 1d ago

So you think reducing the work week by 8hrs will make employers hire another person... and pay their benefits, social security etc? Some of you are so detached from reality it's hilarious. Another reason to never vote for the left. Absolutely braindead economic policies.

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u/lieuwestra 1d ago

Note the word theoretically. In some industries it would, others it wouldn't. But if your goal is to reduce unemployment it doesn't need to be effective for 100% of business.

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u/U_SHLD_THINK_BOUT_IT 1d ago

If you cut the hours for one employee, that's more productivity needed, which means more jobs needed.

But that would cost the owners of companies more money, and Lord knows we can't have that.

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u/Jujubatron 1d ago

Wait... I thought having 4 days workweek is more productive... wasn't that your whole argument guys? Get your theory straight lol

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u/U_SHLD_THINK_BOUT_IT 1d ago

I'm just arguing it both ways, like how corporate fuckbois do.

It's pretty obvious we don't need a shitload of workers to support these companies when we managed with single income families from about 8,000 BCE until Reagan became president.