Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if you could?

Re:Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if yo... by maerF0x0 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:59PM (#21219609)

We get paid not for value, but for replacement cost.

Therefore we do not get paid for productivity but for market rates. Obviously having a high value allows the company the freedom to pay us more, but all else equal the lower cost employee will should hired

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Re:Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if yo... by toomuchtodo on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:43PM (#21219930)

Then we change labor law. It really is that simple (and how we are currently at a 40 hour work week).

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Re:Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if yo... by maerF0x0 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:51PM (#21219991)

Until at will employment is undermined it will be hard to enforce. An employer just wont hire/retain <40 hrs & 5 day employees?

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Re:Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if yo... by kjaftaedi on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:09AM (#21222442)

At-will employment is largely a US concept.

The rest of the developed world does not have such things, yet 40 hour work weeks are still commonplace.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you switch to a 4-day-a-week schedule if yo... by maerF0x0 on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:19PM (#21228075)

True, this is an interesting concept. Maybe it's due to human preference, norms, or companies' ability to shift labor?

Japan has the salaryman that works much more than 40 hrs iirc.

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