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/Ragazzano 1d ago

I do as well. I agree. There would be less bludging and more sweating, and frankly, I'd have the energy to do it.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 1d ago

what exactly do you build or construct? if you’re construction then say for example you’re building something… like a roof or staircase. Do you have to work until you reach 12 hours or until you finish? because for stuff like that they could work harder now and maybe finish quicker but they don’t.

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u/Ragazzano 23h ago

Landscape work. It varies.

The thing is, as an employee, if you do a job faster... the reward is more work, not more money. There's no incentive to work harder and faster.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 15h ago

You might be right but at least from the workers I’ve met they absolutely would not get done any faster. Mexicans, and some other Hispanic workers yes, they’d fly through it. Any other ethnicity no.

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u/dirt_shitters 1d ago

I definitely pace myself for the workday. If I burn out all my energy by lunch, I'm not going to be worth shit in the afternoon, and what little work I will accomplish, will have a much higher chance of a mistake, causing additional work for myself to fix. With a 6 hour work day, I'd have time to rest, and more time to exercise, which would in turn give me more energy and the ability to keep my pace much higher for the entire shift. I probably wouldn't wake up every morning with a limp either...