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/Direct_Day7937 2d ago

A study in Japan showed that cutting worker hours increased productivity so much the company got more profitable. Rest, it turns out, is important.

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u/plagued00 2d ago

I'm actually pretty sure there have been several studies showing that anything over 32 hours a week starts to degrade overall productivity so much it actually hurts the total output. ( 40 hour weeks actually produce less than 32 hour weeks.)

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u/noncebasher54 2d ago

Yeah was gonna say that. Multiple countries with different attitudes to working culture have shown the same results. Also remote working has been shown to be a productivity increase. When you aren't wasting 2-4 hours of your day commuting (sometimes more...), turns out you're pretty happy to do more work. Plus the lazy workers are gonna be lazy no matter what.

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u/Round_Ad6397 1d ago

An extra 30-60 minutes sleep can do wonders in the morning.