[qsort]

You do understand that asking to work 32 hours rather than 40 is exactly the same thing as asking a 25% raise right?

I'm not against workers asking for more money in the slightest, they don't do that nearly as often as they should, but this sounds a bit like "big brain idea: give me more money lol".

[js8]

No it's not the same thing. The difference is productivity growth. If you ask 25% more ceteris paribus, someone has to give something up. In this case, nobody has to give something up.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

>No it's not the same thing.

... screams the economics-illiterate left. If they pay you money for your work/time, then it's by definition fungible.

[old_man_cato]

No sense in responding, people. This person can't be saved. Move on.

[frabcus]

It is different, because productive output does not go down by 20% when working hours go down by 20%.

e.g. See "Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19198649

The OP is arguing this is even more true when AI does routine tasks, and the remaining tasks are more creative, strategic, inspiration-based.

[old_man_cato]

I'll be sure to remind myself of that next time I wish I had more time to spend watching my daughter grow up. Sure, I may miss some seminal moments but the raise I get at the end of the year is just as good.

[otikik]

If asking someone to work during an evening or during the weekend in order to make a deadline is not lowering their salary, then someone working less hours per week is not raising their salary.

[discordance]

Despite what they say, time does not equal money.

[keybored]

Or it’s "asking" for more of the productivity to go to workers instead of the capitalists.