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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Instead of the 4x10, a 4x9 would work better. Given school aged children, and I'd imagine not a huge loss in productivity in that 10th hour, it would be a good balance. We all work too much anyway.
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This would be about perfect IMO, if I was running a company I'd look at it. You'd probably get a much more productive 36 hours out of people. Going from a 8 hour day to 9 hour day wouldn't be much of an adjustment either. Heck I probably do 9 hours most days already anyways. I would absolutely crush a 4x9 and then have an amazing weekend to look forward to.
Having gone through my own work stresses I hope the idea catches on. Society is miserable and sitting at computers under florescent lighting for most of your waking life isn't a path to a good quality of life, everyone knows it. Yeah we need to work, and I'm all for productivity and competitiveness, but a workforce full of stressed out or depressed people isn't great for productivity anyways. I don't even think the government would need to mandate a 4 day week, I think companies will just start doing it and the market will set it as a standard and see its benefits.