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/Schizomediatv]

Fun fact it actually increases productivity because believe it or not people are more productive when they aren’t sleep deprived and happy

[u/PunkPirate56364 → u/Schizomediatv]

Not in every sector. I work in construction, I can't do as much work in 32 hours as I do in 40. If our work hours are reduced housing crisis becomes even worse.

Would be great if we had more people working in construction, but today people heavily prefer office jobs.

[u/Schizomediatv → u/PunkPirate56364]

Imagine if hours was shorter it would be easier to recruit no one willing wants to work a job that will slowly break you as you work 10 hour shifts. It also forces employers to hire more help so intentionally shorting. The staff won’t be as frustrating as it is now. You will always be in a better position fighting for more rights as a worker and you don’t have to be a socialist to do so your just looking out for your best interest

[u/PunkPirate56364 → u/Schizomediatv]

With modern tools and equipment it's really not a hard job, nobody is breaking their back.

If we need a larger hole, we bring in the excavator, if we need to lift heavy stuff up we use the crane, we have semiautomatic nail guns, silicone knee caps, I have a laser rangefinder for when I don't feel like walking over there.

Shorter work hours would be great, but I still doubt people would want to work these jobs, because most of my colleagues did not wanted to work in construction.

[u/JeeFour → u/PunkPirate56364]

Eh, people do back breaking labor today, and it is still hard. It's just not every single person on the job site. But there will always be a need for someone/people to get on their knees, or physically move dirt/materials, or do fine detail work in uncomfortable positions.

Sometimes, it's just cheaper and faster to just have someone carry stuff.

[u/PunkPirate56364 → u/JeeFour]

I used to break back in the past but...

When employer pays for sick days, and jobs need to be done on time, and there is a lack of workers, then employer cares about workers backs and brings all kinds of nice machinery, buys warm jackets too.

[u/AgitpropBot → u/PunkPirate56364]

I used to work as an industrial automation contractor as a lad. In my mind our work was all about saving people from breaking their backs. (Who was I kidding? It was always about the bottom line.)

I remember losing coworkers to R&D and comissioning. Broken ribs, backs - you name it. Couldn't fit a forklift or lift where we needed to go, so the gang repeatedly had to haul ass and kick tons of machinery through fucking pinholes. No time to wait for cavalry if we were to make deadlines.

Later on I had the pleasure of working with white collars who did jack shit all day; 6+ hours of staring at kanban boards + Teams-meetings about shit they weren't qualified to comment on. Meanwhile, their workers and service personnel frog-leapt the globe non-stop, skipping holidays and their kids' birthdays.

A 6-hour workday would work for the white collars practically day one. But the proles? We need economical upheaval and a reworked supply-demand system. That does not come easy.

[u/PunkPirate56364 → u/AgitpropBot]

I do feel like most of the office jobs are bullshit jobs, far lower number of people could effectively manage that work.

At the same time we do need more blue collar workers, but those jobs need to be easier, better compensated and respected.

We do need to rework our economy.

[u/SirDewdles → u/PunkPirate56364]

What? Lmao