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What would a 3 hour work day be like? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It often feels like there are only 3 productive hours in typical American white collar work day.

What if we just cut out the rest?

Edit: Some great responses. So responses must have also been said about the 5 day and 40 hour work weeks.

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[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok. Let's say we have 4 hour workdays, 4 day work weeks. Not just for white collar.

A business would require to hire 2 more people to cover a 24h continuous prosuction line (3 8h shifts to 5 4h shifts).

there would be more employment and higher productivity. More happiness I suspect.

I'd take it.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

A lot has been said about that when talking about universal basic income. The idea is that people could work half shifts and make the rest up under UBI

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

6 x 4 = 24

[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

you are entirely correct., and the first person to spot my simple math mistake.

thanks for correcting 😊