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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by fxtentacle on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:40AM (#22043253)
I agree. Americans get almost religious if you propose to only work a day per week. Much better to claim that the rest of your week was already fully booked, even though in reality you just don't need the additional money.
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by ScottFree on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:06PM (#22046779)
> Americans get almost religious if you propose to only work a day per week.

That depends on the American. There is no unified American culture anymore, which makes generalities like this almost universally false. Case in point: I've lived in America all my life and nobody I know would object to only working a day a week if they could actually live off that little money.

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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by BlueTemplar on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @07:00AM (#22043973)
Heh, wasn't a 20-hours work week the American ideal of the future?
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by prometheus76 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:57AM (#22045234)
It was the marketing ploy used to sell consumerism and futurism. The reality turned out that now productivity expectations just got higher, rather than everyone getting more free time.
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