World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘overwhelming success’

Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by akersten on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:38PM (#27734446)

Like all movements, there's more to it than just the name - don't take it too literally: working for myself is the ultimate goal! And if I ever do find success enough to require employees, I could never imagine asking them to spend 71% of their week thinking about me and my problems. Maybe it's easy to daydream egalitarian - but I think we as a society can do better for each other.

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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:51AM (#27734716)

Many of us work 40 hours in 5 days. There are 168 hours in a week. That's 24% of the week, not 71%.

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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by prawn on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:54AM (#27735559)

I assume they're excluding sleep, which isn't unreasonable in this discussion.

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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:41PM (#27740158)

Still no. 8 hours of sleep a day leaves you 16 hours a day, so 112 hours a week. 40 hours is 36% of 112. And, yeah, you could throw in commute time and get a higher percentage. It still wouldn't get you 71%, though.

What skersten did is 5/7 = 71%, as if any day you work on is totally lost to you for any other purpose.

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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by seibelj on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:43PM (#27734460)

A perusal of that subreddit is full of a lot of anti-capitalist propaganda and some obvious logical fallacies. I don’t think consuming that subreddit is very healthy or productive.

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