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by airstrike 604 days ago
> Employers saw benefits, too: 70% reported that recruiting workers was easier once they went to a four-day schedule—a boon in a country where many industries complain that intense competition for talent drives up costs.

I mean, that's definitely going away if all other employers also move to four-day workweeks, so it seems like you shouldn't factor that in as one of the benefits of this schedule.

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It won't be every employer - but it will come to cover large swaths of companies in industries where performance takes precedence over presence.

And you're right, it would eventually go away - but only if and when late adopters find themselves being punished by the market.

I mean, that's definitely going away if all other employers also move to five-day workweeks, so it seems like you shouldn't factor that in as one of the benefits of this schedule.

1920 probably