Comment on Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea

Vendul@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Right now we seem to operate on a 5-day work week except somehow it only amounts to about 12 hours of actual work.

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  • justsomeguy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The amount of bullshit jobs that exist is insane. So many people in offices that either don’t do anything or barely anything. Then even more who could easily get all work done in half a work day. Then a gigantic amount that could easily do their work in 4 instead of 5 days or 6 instead of 8 hours. I’m typing this at work because of all the downtime I have and I still believe I get more work done then most of my colleagues.

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  • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is completely field dependent. I worked many years of retail and a bit of construction before eventually becoming a software engineer. In my experience, both retail and construction can easily have 9 hours of work in a 10 hour workday.

    Also, sick days and vacations are frowned upon, especially in retail, because these kind of places are always trying to get away with the least amount of staff that they can. It’s like the lower paid, ‘unskilled’(no such thing), workers works harder and for less benefits than everybody else. They know they can get away with it, because these people are living paycheck to paycheck, and can’t afford to protest anyways.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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