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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

employees in some sectors could easily make do with a 3 day work week, 4 hours per day, no payment reduction. all the rest is just surplus value being generated. however we know that the capitalists will never allow that, and that's the reason we need to, while pushing for work week reductions, agitate the working class today in order to build the revolution of tomorrow.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meanwhile my job as a phone jockey went from 500 employees to no hiring for 4 years to now 212 employees and calls are back to back with no hope of new job openings... also makes seniority rough as everyone is a veteran at this point.

[–] zonklezoop@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Shit drives me nuts. I work for a service delivery organization and the last few years have seen us adopting a new platform that likes to talk up automation and efficiencies. Making things work is my job, but I don't hesitate to tell folks that while we can help improve and change the jobs they do, they still have to have call center and field resources.