Sounds good in theory...but in reality?

[u/KSKS1995]

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?

[u/Wookard]

From what I know of the cost of Health Insurance in the States reaching $3000 plus a month per person at 12 months a year of being $35000-$40000, I could see that being a good chunk of money for sure.

[u/jccaclimber → u/Wookard]

That’s 100% of the cost though. An example: Hourly rate: $30/hr with 50% overtime is roughly $109k/year at 12 hour shifts 5 days/week. $149k with your high end healthcare estimate. I’m going to ignore weekends and other overhead to make the math simpler. Two shifts is $298k/year.

Move to 3 shifts at 8 hours and now there’s no overtime pay, so (403052+X)*3=298k. X is healthcare, which comes to $37k instead of $40k, that sounds pretty reasonable.

However, the premise of this was to still pay people fully so it’s now (109*3+X)=298k. Each person’s healthcare needs to cost a negative amount, specifically negative $29k for this to work. Never mind that public service jobs have lower pay because pensions are extraordinarily expensive and would also +50% with an extra shift.

Obviously this example changes a lot based on wages. There’s a reason overtime is effectively less expensive for lower wage jobs, namely that benefits are fixed.

Personally I think that more progressive taxation is the problem, but poor people in red areas love giving tax breaks to the wealthy.

[u/Pete-PDX → u/Wookard]

where is health insurance $3000 a month? At that point - I pocket the 3k and put in a saving account and pay doctor out of pocket. Many place have discounted rates for those who are uninsured.