Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but experts split

Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by XorNot on Monday June 21, 2021 @12:01AM (#27576197)

It doesn't have to, but the most likely outcome in a startup is it goes bankrupt, what you did disappears into the dark hole of failed ideas, and no one sees it.

It's a suckers game: the default behavior needs to be "when the founders get greedy and kick me out...what will I do then? How will I feel about that time?"

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 21, 2021 @12:13AM (#27576255)

> what you did disappears into the dark hole of failed ideas

If the work is for financing a life outside it, yes. But if the work is rewarding in itself, then said failure is—while highly disappointing—balanced by the relationships, stories and skills gained therefrom.

This is absolutely a risk tolerance and personality matrix thing. I just want to push back against this recently-popular philosophy which idealises the Western European work ethic and lifestyle. It is one among many local optima.

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by Dylan16807 on Monday June 21, 2021 @03:30AM (#27577083)

Working 60 hours a week probably leaves you with less relationships+stories+skills than working 40 hours a week.

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