(water is wet and fire is hot).

  • Zippy@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    If less is being built, how will this help you to have less spending power?

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      7 months ago

      Studies have shown that total productivity goes up if we work eight less hours. Those last eight hours lower economic output.

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        7 months ago

        Most jobs no it doesn’t. Everyone would be doing it and splitting the difference if it did. Good luck with that one.

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            7 months ago

            It would be done in a second if there was value to it. Especially large companies as often there are bonuses based on profits. Or do you actually think directors and CEOs would rather make less personal income?

            It is goofy that people actually think productivity would remain the same when working far less hours and believe the same number of houses (or insert any product here) would be built. Or that a pilot test would remain accurate if the people involved in it did not know it was a simple experiment. Tell me if those companies that experienced more productivity, why did they not continue to implement it?

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              7 months ago

              Tell me if those companies that experienced more productivity, why did they not continue to implement it?

              they did. 80% of them did exactly that!

              it works exactly as expected, and the companies that did switch to a 32h-week model did see increased productivity, and 80% chose to keep the 32h-week model.

              read the study.