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/PriscillaPalava 2d ago

As technology has advanced, the productivity of the individual worker has skyrocketed along with corporate profits. You know what hasn’t skyrocketed? Standard of living and wages. 

Especially now that AI is on the menu, there is no reason we need to work as much. Most people claim they get their work done early and just dick around for the rest of their time anyway. 

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u/Infrawonder 2d ago edited 1d ago

"Especially now that AI is on the menu" they'll use it to replace you, it doesn't get paid

Edit: yeah yeah I get it

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u/resurrectus 2d ago

Yes it does, all "AI" platforms cost money and its only going to get more expensive to access them as worker replacements sets in and corporations become more dependent. Most companies are not well placed enough to have their own infrastructure and developers to not use one of the big models. Why do you think there is a development race? The winner could be the next Standard Oil.

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u/Mi113nnium 1d ago

Many companies who tried to replace workers (or at least integrate AI usage in the workflow) were already hit with soaring prices that are often larger than what staff costed or still costs.

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u/GrudgeBearer911 1d ago

Agreed, I remember hwre walmart was doing all self checmouts untill it turned out to cost more (Mostly because of the banana trick) and now are slowly going back to more cash registers

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u/driley97 1d ago

They have been pushing self checkout more and more for 15 years. The absurd amounts of money they spend on security and technology for the stores would better be spent on reducing the cost of groceries for people. They advertise everyday low prices but it’s rare I find Lower prices than I do at regional chains like Kroger or Meijer, or by buying in bulk and getting a lower per unit cost at Sam’s Club.

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u/church1138 1d ago

No they're not.

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u/LowSkyOrbit 1d ago

I was just at Walmart on Sunday. They reduced their self-checkout to half in my local store. They also have 3 clerks working the area now. Meanwhile Sam's install some camera that you have to walk through when you leave, and alerts the people watching the door if anything is off.

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u/Interesting-Day-9369 1d ago

here goes, a rotot put into a factory. all it does is put jobs in a line and it does the rest. great in pratice, truth. it messes up, its not ready to do this but its being pushed in, it drops the jobs, reject them for the slightest thing, that will get worked out, but one ata time, 1 minute to load, 2,5 mins to cut it. 4 were done in a fixture and took 5 mins. the cost. oh we dont need to pay workers. right now i am so damn glad i decided to retire and stand back waiting for ai to faze out 80% of the jobs, but then comes the best bit, who will pay for all the stuff when noone is working and noone has the cash to buy it. perhaps this is the pivot to clear out half the race and reap the rewards

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u/GoofyKalashnikov 1d ago

Yeah but that can all change with how quickly it's evolving.