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by sn0w_crash 1364 days ago
If my company instituted a 4 day work week I would leave immediately.

I like my work, and I am happy to do more of it. Not less.

I have enough time in the week to get everything done. Especially with working from home. How some people can work from home and still claim to not have enough time “for family and personal errands” is beyond me.

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This exemplifies why regulation is necessary to protect the whole from this mindset and philosophy. Most people don’t want to work harder or more for the same pay, and instead work to live and pay their bills; they shouldn’t get dragged by a vocal minority.

If you can arrange to work more, and get paid more for that work, I support that! Just don’t drag others down who want to live their life outside of work by advocating for workism policy, especially if you’re not getting paid more just to make someone wealthy more wealthy. What’s the point of massive multi decade productivity gains if they’re not going to the people who perform the work by way of a reduction in workweek hours?

Why don't you work 7 days a week now and get even more work done?
If you pleaded with them they'd probably let you work more than the 4 days.
How many kids do you have?