re: 4 day work week- California bill would lead the way

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I'd be on board. More time for the important things in life. frick work. It pays my bills and feeds my family, but I don't get fulfillment from my job anymore.

We'd feel the reduction in hours in our income but we'd be okay.

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Well and it depends on how you do it. You can still make 40 hours in 4 days. Shift to a 10 hour day instead. So you may not necessarily have to take an income hit.

ETA: Obviously different than the California bill.

I am a staunch advocate of a 4 10 hr work days.

I'm not gonna get into debating whacko California politics.

But I will say I have zero issue with trying to get folks 3 days off. Yes...mankind was meant to work.

But until the industrial and subsequently digital revolution, that work was by and large you and yours scraping by in your field every day making sure you had crops. Hunting. Fixing things. Etc.

Mankind was not put here to work idly at a desk staring at a screen getting fat on fast food and having unnending stress trying to keep up with the Joneses and win the rat race. It's a large contributor to our rampant obesity in the US.


So do I think making companies pay OT is sound financial policy? Probably not. But am I going to complain if I'm getting that? Of course not.

There has to be a shift to a more sane work/life balance. Some folks immediately react to this stuff as if people are trying to do zero work and get on the government dole. frick those people. Adjust things so folks work 32 hours a week and have more time for family, friends, church functions quick road trips concerts, working out, etc....I'm not opposed to it.

Roger is fuming

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4 day work week

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I already have one. I like it a lot.

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Flip side is that working fewer hours means you get less pay.

Same people bitching about the amount of work they have are likely also the same ones living paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford to lose hours.

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Not as black and white as that, but likely some of that, yes.

But also if labor hours available are over all reduced, hourly pay increases would also be expected.

That would vary widely by industries and skill levels

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We’ve radically grown technology and generally doubled our workforce to boot… at some point it makes sense to scale down hours.

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I don’t necessarily disagree but I still don’t think 40 hours/week to make a living is soul crushing or whatever

They have transitioned to four day work weeks in portions of Europe like France. Productivity dropped.

Don’t claim that it just has t been tried by the right people yet.

I only work 7 days every 2 weeks. Sometimes it requires me to work weekends. I would take a 32 hour work week though.

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don’t necessarily disagree but I still don’t think 40 hours/week to make a living is soul crushing or whatever

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It’s all a matter of perspective. I have a hard time saying, as current American full time salaried work is all I really know.

I can say that if I had similar financial freedoms but a bit more professional flexibility my quality of life would be much better. That said, I’m working more than 40, cell phones have given my employer constant access to me, and most jobs I’ve had see vacation time as a chore and not an important quality of life issue.

If I could work 40, pay my bills, have a little play money and actually unplug off the clock I’d probably not complain tooooo much though.