Americans prefer 40-hour workweek, not the flexible work schedules

Posted by upen on Saturday October 08, 2016 @10:08AM
from the sciencebulletin.org dept.

http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/6119.html

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Re:Americans prefer 40-hour workweek, not the flexible work ... by dugditches on Saturday October 08, 2016 @11:37AM (#12667302)

It's fairly broad to say 'Americans' when this is based off of people applying for a Call Centre job.

I suspect a lot of people applying were looking for steady 'full time' aka 40 hour weeks. And answered as such.

~ The best 40 hour week in my opinion is 4x10 Monday to Thursday. Long weekends and 10 hour days really aren't much worse than 8's.

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Re:Americans prefer 40-hour workweek, not the flexible work ... by brudgers on Sunday October 09, 2016 @09:14AM (#12671056)

irregular work schedules set by employers on short notice

I suppose that's flexibility for some definition of 'flexibility'.

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Re:Americans prefer 40-hour workweek, not the flexible work ... by hall_999 on Saturday October 08, 2016 @11:14AM (#12667201)

When you're young, flex hours are great. When you have kids, the standard 40 hours are great because you have to match your schedules to many other people.

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